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Contents Foreword Bruce A. Arrigo ix Acknowledgments xiii 1. Self and Story 1 2. Offender Identities, Offender Narratives 15 3. Thinking about Research Effects 31 4. Research Methods When Research Is Being Researched 46 5. Reform Narratives: Return of the Good Self 62 6. Stability Narratives: Never a Bad Self 71 7. Elastic Narratives: Creative Integration 97 8. Tales of Heroic Struggle 106 9. The Situated Construction of Narratives 123 10. The Power of Stories 145 Notes 157 References 161 Index 179 ...

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