Restorative Justice in a Prison Community - Or Everything I Didn't Learn in Kindergarten I Learned in Prison (Hardcover)

Americans are frustrated with prisons. They recognize the need for these institutions, but at the same time, they worry about whether the money used to build and maintain them is well spent. Older prisons are dirty, disgusting, and dangerous, but even newer facilities come up lacking in terms of offering inmates opportunities to take responsibility for their crimes, support their loved ones, further their education, learn job skills, and develop positive relationships in healthy, safe, respectful communities. This book provides insight into the philosophy of restorative justice, which aims to develop ways we can manage our prisons differently to achieve more positive outcomes. Using the case study of an honor dorm in a maximum security prison, the book posits that most of the inmates never learned the basic tools for living life productively and responsibly. They never thought much about their victims or how their actions affected others. They never learned how to get along with others, pick up after themselves, or how to be of service to their fellow man. Swanson uses the writings and reflections of inmates participating in a restorative justice program to demonstrate the challenges and transformative possibilities of this alternative approach to rehabilitation.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2009
First published:	February 2009
Authors:	Cheryl Swanson
Dimensions:	241 x 162 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	258
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-2679-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > Prisons Promotions
LSN:	0-7391-2679-2
Barcode:	9780739126790

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