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One out of every ten prisoners in the United States is serving a
life sentence-roughly 130,000 people. While some have been
sentenced to life in prison without parole, the majority of
prisoners serving 'life' will be released back into society. But
what becomes of those people who reenter the everyday world after
serving life in prison? In After Life Imprisonment, Marieke Liem
carefully examines the experiences of "lifers" upon release.
Through interviews with over sixty homicide offenders sentenced to
life but granted parole, Liem tracks those able to build a new life
on the outside and those who were re-incarcerated. The interviews
reveal prisoners' reflections on being sentenced to life, as well
as the challenges of employment, housing, and interpersonal
relationships upon release. Liem explores the increase in handing
out of life sentences, and specifically provides a basis for
discussions of the goals, costs, and effects of long-term
imprisonment, ultimately unpacking public policy and discourse
surrounding long-term incarceration. A profound criminological
examination, After Life Imprisonment reveals the untold, lived
experiences of prisoners before and after their life sentences.
The literature on domestic violence will often treat homicide as
its most extreme outcome. The reality is more nuanced, with many
domestic homicides occurring within a history of abusive behaviour.
This book offers a much-needed synthesis of the literature on
domestic homicide, covering its history; the theories supporting
it; its various forms such as filicide, intimate partner homicide,
parricide, siblicide and familicide; and its prevention. The
authors explore the predominant theories that have been used to
explain domestic homicides in general, as well as specific subtypes
of domestic homicide. Each chapter then takes a chronological
approach in examining relationships between victim and perpetrator
in the most prominent types of domestic homicide. Drawing on the
empirical evidence, it offers a unique insight into the dynamics of
domestic homicides, and debunks some of the common stereotypes
surrounding it. The book concludes with an overview of the main
areas of prevention of domestic homicide and offers recommendations
for professionals working in domestic violence services, medical
practitioners and mental health services. This book will be of
interest to criminologists, psychiatrists, psychologists and
sociologists alike, and will be key reading for a range of courses
on violence, abuse and aggression.
The literature on domestic violence will often treat homicide as
its most extreme outcome. The reality is more nuanced, with many
domestic homicides occurring within a history of abusive behaviour.
This book offers a much-needed synthesis of the literature on
domestic homicide, covering its history; the theories supporting
it; its various forms such as filicide, intimate partner homicide,
parricide, siblicide and familicide; and its prevention. The
authors explore the predominant theories that have been used to
explain domestic homicides in general, as well as specific subtypes
of domestic homicide. Each chapter then takes a chronological
approach in examining relationships between victim and perpetrator
in the most prominent types of domestic homicide. Drawing on the
empirical evidence, it offers a unique insight into the dynamics of
domestic homicides, and debunks some of the common stereotypes
surrounding it. The book concludes with an overview of the main
areas of prevention of domestic homicide and offers recommendations
for professionals working in domestic violence services, medical
practitioners and mental health services. This book will be of
interest to criminologists, psychiatrists, psychologists and
sociologists alike, and will be key reading for a range of courses
on violence, abuse and aggression.
One out of every ten prisoners in the United States is serving a
life sentence-roughly 130,000 people. While some have been
sentenced to life in prison without parole, the majority of
prisoners serving 'life' will be released back into society. But
what becomes of those people who reenter the everyday world after
serving life in prison? In After Life Imprisonment, Marieke Liem
carefully examines the experiences of "lifers" upon release.
Through interviews with over sixty homicide offenders sentenced to
life but granted parole, Liem tracks those able to build a new life
on the outside and those who were re-incarcerated. The interviews
reveal prisoners' reflections on being sentenced to life, as well
as the challenges of employment, housing, and interpersonal
relationships upon release. Liem explores the increase in handing
out of life sentences, and specifically provides a basis for
discussions of the goals, costs, and effects of long-term
imprisonment, ultimately unpacking public policy and discourse
surrounding long-term incarceration. A profound criminological
examination, After Life Imprisonment reveals the untold, lived
experiences of prisoners before and after their life sentences.
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