Exploring the way in which criminal punishment is interpreted and narrated by offenders, this book examines the meaning offenders ascribe to their sentence and the consequences of this for future desistance.

Autorentext

Marguerite Schinkel is a Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, UK.

Inhalt
Foreword; Fergus McNeill 1. Introduction 2. Meanings and Experiences of Punishment 3. Purposes Perceived in the Sentence 4. Legitimacy and the Impact of the Prison Environment 5. Narrative Demands and Desistance 6. Conclusion