'I am the person now I was always meant to be': Identity reconstruction and narrative reframing in therapeutic community prisons

Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 527-547

  Stevens, Alisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

desistance; identity; prisons; rehabilitation; self narrative; therapeutic community

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869399150     PISSN: 17488958     EISSN: 17488966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748895811432958     Document Type: Article

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