Prisoner re-entry and social capital / Angela Hattery and Earl Smith

Angela Hattery

"Hattery and Smith's book On prisoner reentry and social capital is of society-wide interest to criminologists, policymakers, prisoners and their families, community workers, and just ordinary folk who want a better under standing of the problem of revolving-door criminality. The authors discuss the practical matters that can serve as barriers to, as well as avenues for, change to a healthy and socially productive life for former convicts and their communities. With social capital--employment, housing, support networks, supervision, drug and sexual offense rehab--we can greatly reduce the expense and tragedy of recurring crime, Hattery and Smith offer a unique examination through a series of revealing interviews with ex-prisoners shored up by inarguable data analysis and a historical background of failed policies of a wasteful but eminently fixable social problem "--Bonnie Berry...