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Presents a detailed ethnographic study of a therapeutic prison unit in Canada for the treatment of sexual offenders. Utilizing extensive interviews and participant-observation over an eighteen month period of field work, this title takes the reader into the depths of what prison inmates commonly refer to as the 'hound pound.'

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"Strong and valuable... [A] rare look inside sex offender treatment... Interesting and important... This book is a success." -- Richard Tewksbury Criminal Law & Criminal Justice Books

Table of Contents
Preface Acknowledgments 1. A Man Who Needs No Introduction 2. Goin' Down with the "Hounds" 3. Disordered Sex 4. Moral Citizenship Moral Habilitation 1: "Stinkin' Thinkin'" 5. "It's Your Life Story" Moral Habilitation 2: "How To Say 'Fuck Off' Politely" 6. "Feeding Frenzy" Moral Habilitation 3: "Peter Meter" 7. "My Rules for Staying Out of Jail" Moral Habilitation 4: "The Most Emotionally Draining Thing I Have Ever Done in My Life" 8. "A Pretty Shitty Place Out There" 9. "It's All in the Head" Epilogue: Where Are They Now? Notes Works Cited Index

Hound Pound Narrative Sexual Offender Rehabilitation and the Anthropology of Therapeutic Intervention

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/04/2012
      ISBN13: 9780520272569, 978-0520272569
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents a detailed ethnographic study of a therapeutic prison unit in Canada for the treatment of sexual offenders. Utilizing extensive interviews and participant-observation over an eighteen month period of field work, this title takes the reader into the depths of what prison inmates commonly refer to as the 'hound pound.'

      Trade Review
      "Strong and valuable... [A] rare look inside sex offender treatment... Interesting and important... This book is a success." -- Richard Tewksbury Criminal Law & Criminal Justice Books

      Table of Contents
      Preface Acknowledgments 1. A Man Who Needs No Introduction 2. Goin' Down with the "Hounds" 3. Disordered Sex 4. Moral Citizenship Moral Habilitation 1: "Stinkin' Thinkin'" 5. "It's Your Life Story" Moral Habilitation 2: "How To Say 'Fuck Off' Politely" 6. "Feeding Frenzy" Moral Habilitation 3: "Peter Meter" 7. "My Rules for Staying Out of Jail" Moral Habilitation 4: "The Most Emotionally Draining Thing I Have Ever Done in My Life" 8. "A Pretty Shitty Place Out There" 9. "It's All in the Head" Epilogue: Where Are They Now? Notes Works Cited Index

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