Description

This book promotes the notion of second chances and the importance of human services within the communities most affected by crime and the criminal justice system. Recognition of the fallibility of humans and the necessity of redemption is the first step to change our attitude toward guilt and punishment. Barring citizens with criminal records from obtaining housing, employment, education, and public benefits like Medicaid and food stamps is not only unjust but unproductive for a human society. The contributors to this volume argue that second chances are a foundational principle of the human services field.

Table of Contents

Incarceration & American Society: An Introduction by Fonkem Achankeng

Chapter One: Second Chances, Human Services, Crime and Redemption by Fonkem Achankeng

Chapter Two: Changing the Trajectory of Life by Diane McMillen & Melinda Kline

Chapter Three: The Blooming Lotus: Wounded Healers & Their Aspirations to Give Back by John Paulson, Kevin Groves & Leslie A. Hagedorn

Chapter Four: People Can Change: Experiences of Formerly Incarcerated Leaders by Mark Rice

Chapter Five: From Retribution to Health: How Communities are Changing the Conversation about Incarceration by David Liners

Chapter Six: Passion and Freedom in Human Services by Alfred T. Kisubi

Chapter Seven: Crime, Justice, Drugs & Deviance: A Human Services Perspective by Derek Dich

Chapter Eight: Step Industries and Its Origins by Anonymous

Chapter Nine: STEP Industries and Me by Michelle Devine Giese

Chapter Ten: STEP Industries & the Minimum Wage Debate by Kendra Green

Chapter Eleven: Drug Use, Abuse & Addiction: A Personal Experience by Pearl Wright

Chapter Twelve: Getting a Second Chance and Giving Second Chances to Others

A Personal Journey by Patricia McCourt

Chapter Thirteen: Redemption, Restorative Justice and Rebuilding Communities by Lynne M. Woehrle

Chapter Fourteen: Transfiguration by Alfred T. Kisubi

Product details

Published 03 Apr 2019
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 232
ISBN 9781498595889
Imprint Lexington Books
Dimensions 236 x 155 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Fonkem Achankeng

Anthology Editor

Janet Hagen

Contributor

Derek Dich

Contributor

Kendra Green

Contributor

Melinda Kline

Contributor

David Liners

Contributor

John Paulson

Contributor

Mark Rice

Contributor

Pearl Wright

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