Contents
1 Identity transformation and offender change, Bonita M. Veysey, Damian J. Martinez and Johnna Christian (Rutgers University)
2 Moments of transformation: formerly incarcerated individuals' narratives of change, Johnna Christian, Bonita M. Veysey, Bryn Herrschaft and Heather Tubman-Carbone (Rutgers University)
3 Looking-glass identity transformation: Pygmalion and Golem in the rehabilitation process, Shadd Maruna (Queen's University), Thomas P. Lebel (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), Michelle Naples (The College of New Jersey) and Nick Mitchell (University at Albany)
4 Former prisoners, their family members, and the transformative potential of support, Damian J. Martinez (Rutgers University)
5 'I got a quick tongue': negotiating ex-convict identity in mixed company, Lois Presser and Suzanne Kurth (University of Tennessee)
6 Thinking inside the box: prisoner education, learning identities, and the possibilities for change, Emma Hughes (California State University, Frenso)
7 Accounts of change and resistance among women prisoners, Barbara Owen (California State University-Frenso)
8 Parole supervision, change in the self, and desistance from substance use and crime, Merry Morash (Michigan State University)
9 Identity change through the transformation model of L.I.F.E.R.S., Inc., M. Kay Harris (Temple University)
10 Formerly incarcerated persons' use of advocacy/activism as a coping orientation in the reintegration process, Thomas P. LeBel (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
11 Lessons learned about offender change: implications for criminal justice policy, Russ Immarigeon (Civic Research Institute, New York)
Index
Handbook on Prisons
Edited by Yvonne Jewkes
Juvenile Justice Reform and Restorative Justice: Building theory and policy from practice
Gordon Bazemore and Mara Schiff
At a time when the scale of imprisonment in the United States has reached a historic high, researchers estimate that more than 600,000 individuals a year are released from prison to return to their home communities. These individuals have serious needs, such as finding employment and housing, reuniting with family members, and obtaining healthcare and treatment for alcohol and substance abuse problems. While research in this area has stressed these aspects of the transition from prison, a less explored area of research considers the role of internal identity shifts from that of an offender to one of citizen, and how this creates the conditions for desistance from criminal behavior both within the confines of a correctional facility and in the reentry process. 
