"Through oral histories, interviews, embedded observation, and research, the daily struggles of women returning to life after incarceration and concrete solutions to the seemingly hopeless issue"--
"Through oral histories, interviews, embedded observation, and research, the daily struggles of women returning to life after incarceration and concrete solutions to the seemingly hopeless issue"--
Jorja Leap, MSW, PhD, is on the faculty of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, where she also serves as the executive director of the UCLA Social Justice Research Partnership. She is a nationally recognized expert in gangs, community violence, and prison reentry whose most recent work includes a five-year study of Homeboy Industries, which focuses on the life histories of program participants as they encounter the dual challenges of leaving gang life and reentering mainstream society. Dr. Leap has also been the recipient of the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award. She is the author of highly acclaimed books, including Jumped In and Project Fatherhood.
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PART I: THE JOURNEY IN ONE Sleepwalking TWO Party Bus THREE Personal Statement INTERLUDE FOUR I Didn’t Have Any Tears INTERLUDE FIVE I Thought He Would Take Care of Me SIX Baby Prison INTERLUDE SEVEN Crossover Kids EIGHT Self-Medication PART II: THE JOURNEY OUT NINE Halfway Is Just That TEN The Hope of Reentry INTERLUDE TWELVE New Love THIRTEEN Love in the Time of Reentry INTERLUDE FOURTEEN Redemption Baby FIFTEEN The Light Acknowledgments Notes Index
PART I: THE JOURNEY IN ONE Sleepwalking TWO Party Bus THREE Personal Statement INTERLUDE FOUR I Didn’t Have Any Tears INTERLUDE FIVE I Thought He Would Take Care of Me SIX Baby Prison INTERLUDE SEVEN Crossover Kids EIGHT Self-Medication PART II: THE JOURNEY OUT NINE Halfway Is Just That TEN The Hope of Reentry INTERLUDE TWELVE New Love THIRTEEN Love in the Time of Reentry INTERLUDE FOURTEEN Redemption Baby FIFTEEN The Light Acknowledgments Notes Index
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