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Summary: Praise for When Prisoners Come Home
Review: "When Prisoners Come Home sets the stage for reinventing the offender pre-release planning and discharge process. Dr. Petersilia's insight is nothing less than inspiring."
--Reginald Wilkinson, Former President, American Correctional Association"Joan Petersilia has brilliantly mapped the terrain of prisoner reentry, mixing forgotten wisdom, new data, and fresh insights into a compelling call for new approahces to the reintegration of returning prisoners."
--Jeremy Travis, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute "When Prisoners Come Home is scholarship at its highest practical level. With about 600,000 prisoners being released each year, governments are planning massive and expensive efforts to deal with the avalanche. Dr. Petersilia's book is a necessary ally in that formidable task. To add to its attraction, it is crisply and clearly written--scholarship infused by practical experience and presented without pretension. For many decades it will dominate the literature on parole and the conditions of prisoners returning to society."
--Norval Morris, Julius Kreeger Professor of Law and Criminology, Emeritus, University of Chicago
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Summary: A Good Read for Crime Victims
Review: As a victim, I really loved the chapter that outlined how victims can be more proactive in the parole process. I also liked the 12 policy recommendations -- I hope someone is listening to Petersilia on this.
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Summary: It's about time!
Review: In "When Prisoners Come Home," Petersilia not only describes parole and reentry, but also the impact the war on drugs has had on young people. In short: too many people to prison, too many prisoner returns, and in the end--too many lost lives. The author also outlines the impact of a number of unintended consequences for families, communities, and children of the prisoners coming home. There hasn't been a book written on parole in over 30 years. This is a much needed publication and should be read by anyone interested in corrections and sentencing policy. However, anyone with even a casual interest in current correction's issues will find this book engaging, interesting, and easy to read.
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Summary: Praise for When Prisoners Come Home
Review: Petersilia has written a book on a topic that should clearly be of interest to all of us - not just those in the corrections field. She continues to define community corrections in her unique, empirically-oriented, style. Her writing is lucid, non-pretentious, and cutting-edge. As a non-academic, I found it totally readable and useful.
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Summary: This book is GREAT
Review: Petersilia has written a book on a topic that should clearly be of interest to all of us - not just those in the corrections field. She continues to define community corrections in her unique, empirically-oriented, style. Her writing is lucid, non-pretentious, and cutting-edge. As a non-academic, I found it totally readable and useful.
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Summary: Great book from one of the premier corrections scholars
Review: Petersilia is one of the most well-known corrections scholars in the country. She writes in an easy-to-read style that is engaging and interesting in a book that will be of interest to academics, policymakers, practitioners, and the general public. After about a decade of imprisoning record numbers of people, we now face record numbers of parolees re-entering society. This book both describes the challenges that prisoners face as they come back to the community and how we can help them in their efforts to succeed.
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Summary: Great! Practical book for all interested in criminal justice
Review: This book deals with the most important topic of the coming decade for the criminal justice system: what to do when all of the massive numbers of criminals we have sent to prison come home. Petersilia not only describes all of the legal and practical hurdles criminals face when they begin reintegration, but she identifies how we can actually help them return to the community. This book is an easy read with an invaluable compilation of the latest statistics and summary of the challenges of life after incarceration.
Petersilia has written an academic piece with both theoretical and policy influence. It is a must read for criminologists, but most importantly for all practitioners in the criminal justice system from police and prosecution to corrections and parole. For students, the book provides a necessary education of the implications of recent law and public policy.
This is an excellent text for all of those interested in the criminal justice system. Petersilia succinctly describes what we have done wrong, then she provides recommendations for the future.
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Summary: Great! Practical book for all interested in criminal justice
Review: This book deals with the most important topic of the coming decade for the criminal justice system: what to do when all of the massive numbers of criminals we have sent to prison come home. Petersilia not only describes all of the legal and practical hurdles criminals face when they begin reintegration, but she identifies how we can actually help them return to the community. This book is an easy read with an invaluable compilation of the latest statistics and summary of the challenges of life after incarceration.
Petersilia has written an academic piece with both theoretical and policy influence. It is a must read for criminologists, but most importantly for all practitioners in the criminal justice system from police and prosecution to corrections and parole. For students, the book provides a necessary education of the implications of recent law and public policy.
This is an excellent text for all of those interested in the criminal justice system. Petersilia succinctly describes what we have done wrong, then she provides recommendations for the future.
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Summary: Great Book - covers an important topic authoritatively
Review: This book deals with the most important topic of the coming decade: what to do when all the prisoners come home. Petersilia not only describes how we help prisoners return, but also identified all of the legal and practical hurdles they face in their reintegration challenges.
Academic writing with the practical and policy twist.
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Summary: Great book from one of the premier corrections scholars
Review: This book disucsses the most important issue facing our neighborhoods and families over the next 10-20 years - re-entry! Re-entry is the process of prisoners returning home after years of separation from their families, jobs, and community. Joan Petersilia has conducted research on re-entry for many years. She describes the re-entry process, discusses the numerous legal issues, and identifies the day-to-day reality prisoners face as they come home. This book is written with the general public in mind, but is grounded is solid research and valuable for policy makers. It is easy to read and hard to put down. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to understand the problem and impact our recent years of incarceration has had on our population.
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