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African American Men Who Give Voice to the Personal Transition from Criminality to Desistance
Author Info
Nightingale, Naomi
Permalink:
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1393458816
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2014, Ph.D., Antioch University, Leadership and Change.
Abstract
The United States of America has more than 2.3 million persons incarcerated in state and federal prisons. In 2011 more than 700,000 prisoners were released from prisons back into the communities, mostly urban, from where they came. Upon their attempt to reenter society, persons released from prison are faced with overwhelming odds threatening their successful reentry at every critical element necessary for life and wellbeing—food, housing, health care, treatment for drug addictions, employment, counseling, family support and close personal relationships. This research reflects the voices of African American men who tell their personal stories of criminal life, imprisonment, recidivism, and the point at which they turned from crime to desisting—breaking the cycle of recidivism.
African American Men Who Give Voice to the Personal Transition from Criminality to Desistance
discusses the attractions of criminal life, challenges to desisting and finally making it through society’s unforgiving social, economic and political gauntlet. Narrative is story and narrative inquiry is a way to understanding and valuing lived experiences through story. Narrative inquiry methodology is the qualitative methodology used in reflecting the stories as voiced by the participants in this study. This dissertation is accompanied by 16 MP4 video files and a Dissertation Summary [PDF]. Six of the MP4 files are embedded in the Dissertation PDF and 10 are embedded in the Dissertation Summary. All are accessible as supplemental files. The electronic version of this dissertation is at AURA http://aura.antioch.edu/ and OhioLink ETD Center, www.ohiolink.edu/etd
Committee
Carolyn Kenny, PhD (Committee Chair)
Annie E. Booysen, DBL (Committee Member)
Aretha F. Marbley, PhD (Other)
Pages
154 p.
Subject Headings
African American Studies
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African Americans
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Black Studies
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Criminology
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Social Psychology
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Sociology
Keywords
African American men
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criminality
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recidivism
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turning point
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desistance
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successful reentry
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criminals
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ex-offenders
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redemption
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narrative inquiry
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storytelling
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Black communities
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Blacks
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prison system
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interviews
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change
;
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Nightingale, N. (2014).
African American Men Who Give Voice to the Personal Transition from Criminality to Desistance
[Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1393458816
APA Style (7th edition)
Nightingale, Naomi.
African American Men Who Give Voice to the Personal Transition from Criminality to Desistance.
2014. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1393458816.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Nightingale, Naomi. "African American Men Who Give Voice to the Personal Transition from Criminality to Desistance." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1393458816
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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