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Author Braman, Donald, 1968- author.

Title Doing time on the outside : incarceration and family life in urban America / Donald Braman
Edition First paperback edition
Published Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2007]
©2004

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Contents pt. I. What went wrong? -- 1. A public debate -- 2. "It's a mess what's happened" -- 3. The creation of the ghetto -- 4. Incarceration as a response to public disorder -- pt. II. Kinship -- 5. On the ropes : Londa & Derek -- 6. Falling apart : Thelma & David -- 7. Pulling families apart -- pt. III. Exchange -- 8. Arrested : Edwina & Kenny -- 9. Doing time : Lilly & Arthur -- 10. Cycling through the system : Zelda & Clinton -- 11. Material and social consequences -- pt. IV. Silence -- 12. Missing the mark : Louisa & Robert -- 13. Problems at home : Constance & Jonathan -- 14. Work worries : Tina & Dante -- 15. Depression and isolation : Robin & Aaron -- 16. Coping : Murielle & Dale -- 17. Faith and church : Dolores & Lawrence -- 18. Social silence -- Conclusion : looking ahead
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Imprisonment -- United States
Imprisonment -- Social aspects -- United States -- Case studies
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Social aspects -- United States -- Case studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Social aspects
Imprisonment
Imprisonment -- Social aspects
United States
Genre/Form Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020707010
ISBN 9780472021772
047202177X
1282423355
9781282423350
9786612423352
6612423358