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Life imprisonment from young adulthood : adaptation, identity and time /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Crewe, Ben (Author), Hulley, Susie (Author), Wright, Serena (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Series:Palgrave studies in prisons and penology.
Subjects:
Prison psychology.
Life imprisonment.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Praise for Life Imprisonment from Young Adulthood
  • Contents
  • About the Authors
  • List of Tables
  • 1 Introduction
  • The Abolition of Capital Punishment and the Growth of the Long Life Sentence
  • The 'Tariff' System for Life-Sentenced Prisoners
  • The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Schedule 21)
  • The Up-Tariffing of 'Knife Homicides' and the Rise of 'Joint Enterprise'
  • Defining 'Long-Term' Imprisonment
  • Understanding Long-Term Imprisonment
  • The Impact of Long-Term Imprisonment
  • Long-Term Imprisonment from Young Adulthood
  • References
  • 2 Methods
  • Research Design
  • Access
  • Ethics
  • Interviews
  • Interview Sample
  • Surveys
  • Development of the Survey Instrument
  • Conducting Team Research
  • The Research Process
  • Interviewing Women
  • Analysis
  • Interview Analysis
  • Survey Analysis
  • Methodological Issues
  • References
  • 3 Life Histories
  • Seb, 20s, Early Stage
  • Gail, 30s, Late-Stage
  • Campbell, 30s, Mid-Stage
  • Deena, 20s, Mid-Stage
  • Richard, 50s, Post-tariff
  • Mahmood, 30s, Mid-Stage
  • References
  • 4 The Early Years
  • Being 'in Shock': Acute Stress Reactions to Conviction, Sentencing and Initial Incarceration
  • Post-conviction: The Initial Pains of Long Indeterminate Sentences
  • Existential Dislocation and Biographical Rupture
  • The Affective Dimensions of Long Indeterminate Sentences
  • Anger
  • Grief Reactions and Intrusive Recollections
  • Surviving the Early Stage
  • Suppression
  • Escape
  • 'Jailing'
  • Sublimation
  • Denial
  • Concluding Comments: 'You just Cope
  • You've Got no Other Choice'
  • References
  • 5 Coping and Adaptation
  • Stasis and Survival
  • 'Coming to Terms'
  • 'Settling Down' and Moving On: Precipitating Factors
  • Discourses of Adaptation
  • Control
  • Hope, Meaning and Purpose
  • Hope, Meaning, Purpose and Coping: Faith and Education
  • Doing Time, Authority and Compliance
  • Enduring and Emergent Problems
  • Projects and Concerns
  • Discussion
  • References
  • 6 Social Relations
  • Dislocation of Social World-Natal and Nuclear Family
  • The Rupturing of Intimate Relationships
  • Estrangement from Family
  • Worries About Family
  • Impact on Family Members' Psychological and Physical Well-Being
  • Impact on Family Life
  • Repercussions for Family
  • Compromised Role Identities
  • Male Prisoners as Sons
  • Women as Mothers
  • Dislocation from Social World-Peers
  • Reforming a Social World in Prison
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 7 Identity and Selfhood
  • Dislocation of the Self
  • Social Dislocation and Self-Identity
  • Environmental Demands
  • Self-Reconstruction (I): Implications of the Offence for Identity
  • Self-Reconstruction (II): Making Sense of the Changing Self
  • The Ethical Self
  • Post-Traumatic Growth and the 'Stronger, Better Self'
  • The More Mature Self
  • Finding the 'Real Me': The Developed Authentic Self
  • Conclusion