The Fellas: Overcoming Prison and Addiction

By Charles M. Terry and Chuck Terry

Book Overview

An engaging writer, Chuck Terry presents this powerful study on the tremendous obstacles that drug addicts drifting in and out of prison must overcome in order to get clean and "make it" in society. Thoroughly researched and based on sound theory, this book covers how societal reaction to drugs and addiction shape criminal policy and behavior. Terry's powerful voice as a writer brings each of "the fellas" to life as he tells their story on how they became addicts and documents their on going struggle with addiction---both in and out of prison. Terry follows the story of "the fellas" as they beat the odds, get clean, and try to make a better life for themselves. And, he tells the somber story of those who are not able to overcome the obstacles of drugs and prison.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0534599044
• ISBN13: 9780534599041
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 135 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Stephen C. Richards, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Dr. Terry has written the most important study of prison and addiction. The book takes the reader into a world where addiction leads to prison. He relates interviews and correspondence with men who struggle to overcome their addiction to hard drugs while surviving prison. This is a powerful, well written, look at a seriosu social problem. The book is appropriate for university courses in criminology, criminal justice, and addiction studies. I have adopted this book for a course in Corrections. My students find the book to be a good read and especially helpful for preparation to work as drug treatment counselors. This book is destined to become a classic in addiction studies.