Realizing a Good Life: Mens Pathways out of Drugs and Crime by Elizabeth Comack

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Realizing a Good Life by Elizabeth Comack Criminalized men tell us how they overcame trauma, racism, poverty, and abuse. Personal and institutional supports of caring are key - being cared for and caring for others. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Realizing a good life is almost always defined in material terms, typified by individuals (usually men) who have considerable wealth. But classed, gendered, and racialized social supports enable the "self-made man." Instead, this book turns to Indigenous knowledge about realizing a good life to explore how marginalized men endeavour to overcome systemic inequalities in their efforts to achieve wholeness, balance, connection, harmony, and healing.Twenty-three men, most of whom are Indigenous, share their stories of this journey. For most, the pathway started in challenging circumstances - intergenerational trauma, disrupted families and child welfare interventions, racism and bullying, and physical and sexual abuse. Most coped with the pain through drugging and drinking or joining a street gang, setting many on a trajectory to jail. Caught in the criminal justice net, realizing a good life was even more daunting as their identities and life chances became barriers.Some of the men, however, have made great strides to realize a good life. They tell us how they got out of "the problem," with insights on how to maintain sobriety, navigate systemic barriers, and forge connections and circles of support. Ultimately, it comes down to social supports - and caring. As one man put it, change happened when he "had to care for somebody else" in a way he wanted to be cared for. Author Biography Elizabeth Comack is a Distinguished Professor Emerita in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Manitoba. Comacks work in the sociology of law and feminist criminology has been instrumental in setting the course for Canadian scholarship. She is a member of the Manitoba Research Alliance, a consortium of academics and community partners engaged in research addressing poverty in Indigenous and inner-city communities. Comack is the author or editor of 13 books, including Coming Back to Jail: Women, Trauma, and Criminalization; "Indians Wear Red" Colonialism, Resistance, and Aboriginal Street Gangs (co-authored with Laurie Deane, Larry Morrissette, and Jim Silver); and Racialized Policing: Aboriginal Peoples Encounters with Police. Table of Contents Chapter 1. Realizing a Good Life: Chapter 2. Getting into The Problem: Chapter 3. Being in The Problem: Chapter 4. Getting Out of The Problem: Chapter 5. Bringing It to a Close: Details ISBN1773635654 Author Elizabeth Comack Short Title Realizing a Good Life Pages 256 Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 1773635654 ISBN-13 9781773635651 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-06-01 Publisher Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Imprint Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Place of Publication Black Point, Nova Scotia Country of Publication Canada UK Release Date 2023-06-29 Subtitle Mens Pathways out of Drugs and Crime Audience Professional & Vocational DEWEY 305.388 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:145281616;

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