num_pages: 211
description: State Univ. of New York, Albany. Text, based on the Liverpool Desistance Study, compares and contrasts the stories of ex-convicts who are actively involved in criminal behavior with those who are desisting from crime and drug use. Suggests that success in reform depends on providing rehabilitative opportunities that encourage rehabilitation.
language: English
title: Making Good: How Ex-Convicts Reform and Rebuild Their Lives
titlecomplete: Making Good: How Ex-Convicts Reform and Rebuild Their Lives
genres: Social Science, Sociology, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 91
publisher: Amer Psychological Assn