Transforming Justice, Transforming Lives: Women's Pathways to Desistance from Crime

By April Bernard

Book Overview

This book is an ethnographic account of the ways in which formerly gang-affiliated women reconstructed their lives through stewardship and community engagement. It focuses on the women's lives before and after committing to desist from crime, and emphasizes the factors that facilitated their commitment including the mutual support they exchanged in their communities.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498519806
• ISBN13: 9781498519809
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"