TY - BOOK ID - 77892701 TI - Life after death row : exonerees' search for community and identity AU - Westervelt, Saundra Davis AU - Cook, Kimberly J. PY - 2012 SN - 0813553393 1283657430 9780813553399 0813553822 9780813553825 9781283657433 9780813553832 0813553830 PB - New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Judicial error KW - Ex-convicts KW - Prisoners KW - False imprisonment KW - Death row inmates KW - Convicts KW - Correctional institutions KW - Imprisoned persons KW - Incarcerated persons KW - Prison inmates KW - Inmates of institutions KW - Persons KW - Abuse of process KW - Imprisonment, False KW - Wrongful imprisonment KW - Wrongful incarceration KW - Imprisonment KW - Malicious prosecution KW - Offenses against the person KW - Torts KW - Death row prisoners KW - Ex-cons KW - Ex-offenders KW - Ex-prisoners KW - Recidivists KW - Services for KW - Social conditions. KW - Psychology. KW - Deinstitutionalization KW - Inmates KW - Formerly incarcerated persons UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77892701 AB - Life after Death Row examines the post-incarceration struggles of individuals who have been wrongly convicted of capital crimes, sentenced to death, and subsequently exonerated. Saundra D. Westervelt and Kimberly J. Cook present eighteen exonerees' stories, focusing on three central areas: the invisibility of the innocent after release, the complicity of the justice system in that invisibility, and personal trauma management. Contrary to popular belief, exonerees are not automatically compensated by the state or provided adequate assistance in the transition to post-prison life. With no time and little support, many struggle to find homes, financial security, and community. They have limited or obsolete employment skills and difficulty managing such daily tasks as grocery shopping or banking. They struggle to regain independence, self-sufficiency, and identity. Drawing upon research on trauma, recovery, coping, and stigma, the authors weave a nuanced fabric of grief, loss, resilience, hope, and meaning to provide the richest account to date of the struggles faced by people striving to reclaim their lives after years of wrongful incarceration. ER -