02736nam a2200481Ii 4500 9781787693197 UtOrBLW 20251029120725.0 m o d cr un||||||||| 180917s2018 enk ob 001 0 eng d 9781787693197 (e-book) 9781787693210 (ePUB) UtOrBLW eng rda UtOrBLW n-us--- HV9469 .M34 2018 JKV bicssc SOC004000 bisacsh 364.6 McGuinn, Stephen C., 1979- author. 60471 Reentry, desistance, and the responsibility of the state : let them back in / Stephen C. McGuinn (Quinnipiac University, USA). Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018. ©2018 1 online resource (vii, 108 pages) ; cm. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Emerald points Includes index. Includes bibliographical references. This work asks readers to reconsider punishment contracts in the United States. It illustrates the importance of state accountability and responsibility to those who are punished, while also focusing on the dual importance of desistance and re-entry. Looking across current criminological desistance literature, Stephen C. McGuinn shows the value of empowerment, meaning and, most of all, assimilation. Woven throughout the text, the work also captures the actual experiences of a man returning to society after eleven years in prison. He details his experiences in a daily journal, providing an honest and forthright account of the confusion and struggle of those who come home after lengthy prison stays. Through this account, readers are reminded of the importance of human connection and compassion. As researchers, as scientists, we must provide a map, or a language and narrative, on how to consider punishment in the US. In developing a new way to consider the process of desistance, this book champions the humanity in forgiveness and the compassion of justice. Print version record Imprisonment United States. 60472 Prisoners Deinstitutionalization United States. 60473 Criminals Rehabilitation United States. 60474 Social Science Criminology. bisacsh Crime & criminology. bicssc 57319 9781787693227 Emerald points. https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781787693197 51769 51769