Lifers

Seeking Redemption in Prison

John Irwin

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Routledge
23 June 2009

Prisons

Series: Criminology and Justice Studies

John Irwin writes about prisons from an unusual academic perspective. Before receiving a Ph.D. in sociology, he served five years in a California state penitentiary for armed robbery. This is his sixth book on imprisonment – an ethnography of prisoners who have served more than twenty years in a California correctional institution. The purpose of the book is to take issue with the conventional wisdom on homicide, society’s purposes of imprisonment, and offenders’ reformability. Through the lifers’ stories, he reveals what happens to prisoners serving very long sentences in correctional facilities and what this should tell us about effective sentencing policy.

By: John Irwin
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9780415801683
ISBN 10: 0415801680
Series: Criminology and Justice Studies
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 23 June 2009
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Irwin taught sociology at San Francisco State University for 27 years, during which time he studied prisons and jails. His research was published in five books. He was also a member of the Working Party for the American Friends Service Committee that wrote the influential report--The Struggle for Justice. He worked closely with the California legislature on the Uniform Sentencing Act passed in 1976.

Reviews for Lifers: Seeking Redemption in Prison

"""No one knows prisons and prisoners better than John Irwin as he uses the unique perspective of a former prisoner to inform us about 17 ""lifers"" serving time in California’s infamous San Quentin prison. Students, scholars, public officials and the general public must read this book!"" —Randall G. Shelden, Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas"