On the Outside
From Lengthy Imprisonment to Lasting Freedom
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2013
- Category
- Criminology, General, General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774825368
- Publish Date
- Jun 2013
- List Price
- $95.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774825382
- Publish Date
- May 2013
- List Price
- $29.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774825375
- Publish Date
- Jan 2014
- List Price
- $29.95
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Description
From the passage of Bill C-10, with its punitive, tough-on-crime provisions, to sensationalist media accounts of dangerous ex-convicts, it is no wonder that Canada is perceived as a country increasingly taking a hard line on crime. In reality, the vast majority of prisoners who serve out their sentences will never see the inside of a prison cell again. On the Outside explores the post-carceral lives of men who have successfully resettled into the community after serving at least a decade in Canada’s penitentiaries. Exploring the transition from imprisonment to the challenges of resettlement, this book will change the way you think about prisoners and open up the discussion on the perils of tough-on-crime legislation.
About the authors
Melissa Munn is a professor in the Department of Sociology at Okanagan College.
Chris Bruckert is an associate professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa. Since receiving her PhD from Carleton University in 2000, she has devoted herself to researching various sectors of the Canadian adult sex industry through the lens of feminist labour theory. Committed to Sex Worker rights, she endeavours to contribute to the movement as an academic activism.
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