Imprisoning America : the social effects of mass incarceration /
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| Imprint: | New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c2004. |
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| Description: | viii, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5173311 |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Introduction / Bruce Western, Mary Pattillo and David Weiman
- Ch. 2. Incarceration and the bonds between parents in fragile families / Bruce Western, Leonard M. Lopoo and Sara McLanahan
- Ch. 3. Fatherhood and incarceration as potential turning points in the criminal careers of unskilled men / Kathryn Edin, Timonthy J. Nelson and Rechelle Paranal
- Ch. 4. Returning to strangers : newly paroled young fathers and their children / Anne M. Nurse
- Ch. 5. Children of incarcerated parents : multiple risks and children's living arrangements / Elizabeth I. Johnson and Jane Waldfogel
- Ch. 6. Effects of incarceration on informal social control in communities / James P. Lynch and William J. Sabol
- Ch. 7. Lost voices : the civic and political views of disenfranchised felons / Christopher Uggen and Jeff Manza
- Ch. 8. Will employers hire former offenders? : employer preferences, background checks, and their determinants / Harry J. Holzer, Steven Raphael and Michael A. Stoll
- Ch. 9. Reentry and reintegration : new perspectives on the challenges of mass incarceration / Jeremy Travis.
