Prisoner Reentry and Crime in America

by Christy Visher and Jeremy Travis

Book Overview

Prisoner Reentry and Crime in America is intended to shed light on a question that fuels the public's concern about the number of returning prisoners. What are the public safety consequences of the fourfold increase in the number of individuals entering and leaving the nation's prisons each year? Many have speculated about the nexus between prisoner reentry and public safety. Journalistic accounts of the reentry phenomenon have painted a picture of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521613868
• ISBN13: 9780521613866
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 8.9"