Overcoming Prison and Addiction (Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice Series.) | 
| Author: Chuck Terry
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $72.95
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 181899
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 144
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 7 x 0.3
ISBN: 0534599044
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.29380973
EAN: 9780534599041
ASIN: 0534599044
Publication Date: December 17, 2002
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Product Description
An engaging writer, Chuck Terry presents this powerful study on the tremendous obstacles that drug addicts drifting in and out of prison must overcome in order to get clean and "make it" in society. Thoroughly researched and based on sound theory, this book covers how societal reaction to drugs and addiction shape criminal policy and behavior. Terry's powerful voice as a writer brings each of "the fellas" to life as he tells their story on how they became addicts and documents their on going struggle with addiction---both in and out of prison. Terry follows the story of "the fellas" as they beat the odds, get clean, and try to make a better life for themselves. And, he tells the somber story of those who are not able to overcome the obstacles of drugs and prison.
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 Stephen C. Richards, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh October 6, 2005
Canadian Review of Books
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Dr. Terry has written the most important study of prison and addiction. The book takes the reader into a world where addiction leads to prison. He relates interviews and correspondence with men who struggle to overcome their addiction to hard drugs while surviving prison. This is a powerful, well written, look at a seriosu social problem. The book is appropriate for university courses in criminology, criminal justice, and addiction studies. I have adopted this book for a course in Corrections. My students find the book to be a good read and especially helpful for preparation to work as drug treatment counselors. This book is destined to become a classic in addiction studies.
 Overcoming Prison and Addiction September 15, 2005
Nadia (St. Louis, MO)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book was not only expensive, but in my opinion poorly written. Although the writer overcame many obstacles in his life, he has a tendency to blame others for his own mistakes. This "book" was so short that I would call it a pamphlet.
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