The Ex-Prisoner's Dilemma: How Women Negotiate Competing Narratives of Reentry and Desistance

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The Ex-Prisoner’s Dilemma CRITICAL ISSUES IN CRIME AND SOCIETY Raymond J. Michalowski, Series Editor Critical Issues in Crime and Society is oriented toward critical analysis of contemporary problems in crime and justice. The series is open to a broad range of topics including specific types of crime, wrongful behavior by economically or politically powerful actors, controversies over justice system practices, and issues related to the intersection of identity, crime, and justice. It is committed to offering thoughtful works that will be accessible to scholars and professional criminologists, general readers, and students. For a list of titles in the series, see the last page of the book. The Ex-Prisoner’s Dilemma How Women Negotiate Competing Narratives of Reentry and Desistance Andrea M. Leverentz Rutgers University Press New Brunswick, New Jersey, and London Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Leverentz,Andrea M., 1973– The ex-prisoner’s dilemma : how women negotiate competing narratives of reentry and desistance / Andrea M. Leverentz. pages cm. — (Critical issues in crime and society) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–8135–6228–5 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–8135–6227–8 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–8135–6229–2 (e-book) 1.Women prisoners—Rehabilitation—United States. 2. Prisoners— Rehabilitation—United States. 3. Ex-convicts—Services for—United States. 4. Prisoners—Family relationships—United States. 5. Ex-convicts—United States— Longitudinal studies. I.Title. HV9304.L427 2014 365'.660820973—dc23 2013027190 A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. Copyright © 2014 by Andrea M. Leverentz All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 106 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901.The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Visit our website: http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu Manufactured in the United States of America For the women of the Mercy Home ...