Moments of transformation: Formerly incarcerated individuals’ narratives of change

How Offenders Transform their Lives

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 12-29

  Christian, Johnna ^a   Veysey, Bonita M ^a   Herrschaft, Bryn ^a   Tubman Carbone, Heather ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781843927310     Document Type: Chapter

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