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Life Imprisonment from Young Adulthood

Adaptation, Identity and Time

Ben Crewe author Susie Hulley author Serena Wright author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:24th Jan '20

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This book analyses the experiences of prisoners in England & Wales sentenced when relatively young to very long life sentences (with minimum terms of fifteen years or more). Based on a major study, including almost 150 interviews with men and women at various sentence stages and over 300 surveys, it explores the ways in which long-term prisoners respond to their convictions, adapt to the various challenges that they encounter and re-construct their lives within and beyond the prison. Focussing on such matters as personal identity, relationships with family and friends, and the management of time, the book argues that long-term imprisonment entails a profound confrontation with the self. It provides detailed insight into how such prisoners deal with the everyday burdens of their situation, feelings of injustice, anger and shame, and the need to find some sense of hope, control and meaning in their lives. In doing so, it exposes the nature and consequences of the life-changing termsof imprisonment that have become increasingly common in recent years. 

“The book offers a valuable and important contribution to sociological literature on long-term and life imprisonment. … The book presents honest and authentic accounts to reconsider the challenging implications of the topics explored. It contributes to social, criminological and geographical studies of incarceration and life course literature and will be of great interest to readers across these fields.” (Jayne Price, The British Journal of Criminology, April 21, 2020)

ISBN: 9781137566003

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340 pages

1st ed. 2020