Helping Others as a Response to Reconcile a Criminal Past: The Role of the Wounded Healer in Prisoner Reentry Programs

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 108-120

  LeBel, Thomas P ^a   Richie, Matt ^a   Maruna, Shadd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

desistance; mutual help; peer support; reconciliation; redemption; reentry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919687681     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854814550029     Document Type: Article

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