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Summary:

"As our justice system has embarked upon one of our time's greatest social experiments -- responding to crime by expanding prisons -- we have forgotten the iron law of imprisonment: they all come back. In 2002, more than 630,000 individuals left federal and state prisons. Thirty years ago, only 150,000 did. In the intense political debate over America's punishment policies, the impact of these returning prisoners on families and communities has been largely overlooked. In "But They All Come Back", Jeremy Travis continues his pioneering work on the new realities of punishment in America vis-a-vis public safety, families and children, work, housing, public health, civic identity, and community capacity. Travis proposes organizing the criminal justice system around five principles of reentry to encourage change and spur innovation"--From publisher's description.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: reentry and reintegration
• The new realities of punishment in America
• Introduction: entering the "hidden world of punishment"
• The rise and fall of the indeterminate sentencing ideal
• The growth in incarceration
• The extended reach of supervision
• The expanded universe of invisible punishment
• Defining the policy challenges of prisoner reentry
• Introduction: the policy dimensions of prisoner reentry
• Prisoner reentry and public safety
• Families and children
• Work
• Public health
• Housing
• Civic identity
• Community
• Conclusion: building the policy argument for reentry reform
• Facing the challenges
• Introduction: defining the reform agenda
• The principles of successful reentry

• A jurisprudence of reintegration.

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Author/Creator:

Travis, Jeremy , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

But they all come back: facing the challenges of prisoner reentry [by Travis, J.]

Subjects:

Criminals — Rehabilitation — United States

Imprisonment — United States

Prisoners — United States — Social conditions

Prisoners' families — Effect of imprisonment on — United States

Criminals — Rehabilitation

Criminals

Imprisonment

Prisoners — Social conditions

Prisoners

Prisoners' families — Effect of imprisonment on

Prisoners' families

United States

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-380) and index.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 391 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Physical Characteristics:

illustration

Call Numbers:

HV9304 .T68 2005

ISBNs:

0877667500 (pbk., alk. paper)
9780877667506 (pbk., alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2005001340

OCLC Numbers:

57514853