![]() | After Life Imprisonment: Reentry in the Era of Mass Incarceration Subjects: Prisoners -- Deinstitutionalization -- United States; Murderers -- United States; Life imprisonment -- Social aspects -- United States; Ex-convicts -- United States -- Social conditions; Ex-convicts -- United States -- Economic conditions; Recidivism -- U; 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? Liem Marieke : Marieke Liem is Senior Researcher and chair of the Violence Research Initiative at Leiden University and a Marie Curie Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.Sampson Robert J. : Robert J. Sampson is Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University and Director of the Boston Area Research Initiative. He is the author of several books, including Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect. |
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