Introduction: life after punishment: identifying new strands in the research agenda 1
1 Applying redemption through film: challenging the sacred-secular divide 22
2 Steps towards desistance among male young adult recidivists 43
3 Youth justice? The impact of system contact on patterns of desistance 81
4 Feminist research, state power and executed women:the case of Louie Calvert 107
5 Paths of exclusion, inclusion and desistance:understanding marginalised young people's criminal careers 134
6 The reintegration of sexual offenders: from a 'risks-'to a 'strengths-based' model of offender resettlement 158
7 All in the family: the importance of support, tolerance and forgiveness in the desistance of male Bangladeshi offenders 182
8 Inside-out: transitions from prison to everyday life:a qualitative longitudinal approach 202
9 'I can't make my own future': white-collar offenders'anticipation of release from prison 221
10 Life after punishment for Nazi war criminals: reputation,careers and normative climate in post-war Germany 240
Index 276