/ edited by Bonita M. Veysey, Johnna Christian , Damian J. Martinez.
; Portland, Or.
: Willan Pub.
, 2009.
xiii, 225 p.
; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identity transformation and offender change / Bonita M. Veysey, Damian J. Martinez and Johnna Christian -- Moments of transformation: formerly incarcerated individuals' narratives of change / Johnna Christian ... [et al.] -- Looking-glass identity transformation: Pygmalion and golem in the rehabilitation process / Shadd Maruna ... [et al.] -- Former prisoners, their family members, and the transformative potential of support / Damian J. Martinez -- 'I got a quick tongue': negotiating ex-convict identity in mixed company / Lois Presser and Suzanne Kurth -- Thinking inside the box: prisoner education, learning identities, and the possibilities for change / Emma Hughes -- Accounts of change and resistance among women prisoners / Barbara Owen -- Parole supervision, change in the self, and desistance from substance use and crime / Merry Morash -- Identity change through the transformation model of the public safety initiative of LIFERS, Inc. / M. Kay Harris -- Formerly incarcerated persons' use of advocacy/activism as a coping orientation in the reintegration process / Thomas P. LeBel -- Lessons learned about offender change: implications for criminal justice policy / Russ Immarigeon.