{"product_id":"the-ex-prisoners-dilemma-how-women-negotiate-competing-narratives-of-reentry-and-desistance-paperback","title":"The Ex-Prisoner's Dilemma: How Women Negotiate Competing Narratives of Reentry and Desistance - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrea M. Leverentz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2014 \u003ci\u003eChoice \u003c\/i\u003eOutstanding Academic Title\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When a woman leaves prison, she enters a world of competing messages and conflicting advice. Staff from prison, friends, family members, workers at halfway houses and treatment programs all have something to say about who she is, who she should be, and what she should do. \u003ci\u003eThe Ex-Prisoner's Dilemma\u003c\/i\u003e offers an in-depth, firsthand look at how the former prisoner manages messages about returning to the community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over the course of a year, Andrea Leverentz conducted repeated interviews with forty-nine women as they adjusted to life outside of prison and worked to construct new ideas of themselves as former prisoners and as mothers, daughters, sisters, romantic partners, friends, students, and workers. Listening to these women, along with their family members, friends, and co-workers, Leverentz pieces together the narratives they have created to explain their past records and guide their future behavior. She traces where these narratives came from and how they were shaped by factors such as gender, race, maternal status, age, and experiences in prison, halfway houses, and twelve-step programs--factors that in turn shaped the women's expectations for themselves, and others' expectations of them. The women's stories form a powerful picture of the complex, complicated human experience behind dry statistics and policy statements regarding prisoner reentry into society for women, how the experience is different for men and the influence society plays. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With its unique view of how society's mixed messages play out in ex-prisoners' lived realities, \u003ci\u003eThe Ex-Prisoner's Dilemma \u003c\/i\u003eshows the complexity of these women's experiences within the broad context of the war on drugs and mass incarceration in America. It offers invaluable lessons for helping such women successfully rejoin society.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eANDREA M. LEVERENTZ is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 20, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51817457058080,"sku":"9780813562278","price":70.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9cca0dbb537fdf09e48aaba527eba760.webp?v=1781104154","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-ex-prisoners-dilemma-how-women-negotiate-competing-narratives-of-reentry-and-desistance-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}