Doing Time on the Outside
Subtitle: Incarceration and Family Life in Urban America
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: May 10, 2004
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, MI
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780472113811
Copyright date: 2004
Subjects: Black studies; Family & relationships; Offenders; Sociology - Urban; Penology; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Social Science; Sociology - Marriage & Family; Sociology; USA; Social Science / Sociology / General; Criminal justice, Administration of; United States; General; Case studies; Criminal justice, Administrati; Imprisonment; Social aspects
First sentence: This strange public demonstration took place early in my fieldwork and provided a striking introduction to both local city politics and the increasingly complex politics of incarceration.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part one : What went wrong?; title: A public debate; title: "It's a mess what's happened"; title: The creation of the ghetto; title: Incarceration as a response to public disorder; title: Part two : Kinship.; title: On the ropes : Londa & Derek; title: Falling apart : Thelma & David; title: Pulling families apart; title: Part three : Exchange.; title: Arrested : Edwina & Kenny; title: Doing time : Lilly & Arthur; title: Cycling through the system : Zelda & Clinton; title: Material and social consequences; title: Part four : Silence.; title: Missing the mark : Louisa & Robert; title: Problems at home : Constance & Jonathan; title: Work worries : Tina & Dante; title: Depression and isolation : Robin & Aaron; title: Coping : Murielle & Dale; title: Faith and church : Dolores & Lawrence; title: Social silence; title: Conclusion : Looking ahead; title: Postscript; title: Appendix : Methodology and data sources