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Prisoners Once Removed: The Impact of Incarceration and Reentry on Children, Families, and Communities

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I am planning a doctoral research on the family experiences of long-term incarceration and this book has given me a thorough and timely review of the key studies and issues (in American context), and also pointed out knowledge gaps for further research. I look forward to reading other publications with a more international or cross-cultural perspective. A "must-read" for those seriously concerned with prisoners and their families.

Book contains important research information in an easy-to-read style. The data should impact not only those who work within the criminal justice system but all sectors of society. The connections are easy to make. The retributive system does not work. It negatively impacts children, caretakers, incarcerated citizens and society, costing millions of dollars and producing little in the way of positive results.
Figures 9.1 - 9.16b in Chapter 9 are particularly revealing of the relationship between human needs, resources and incarceration in specific neighborhoods.
Excellent resource.
A chapter on restorative justice and restorative processes, had it been included, would have been a healthy introduction to alternatives to incarceration.