Civil Penalties Social Consequences

Mele and Miller offer a timely insightful analysis of the continuing challenges faced by ex-felons upon re-entry into society. Such penalties include a lifetime ban on receiving welfare and food stamps for individuals convicted of drug felonies as well as barriers to employment child rearing and housing opportunities. This much-needed work contains pieces by scholars in law criminology and sociology including: Scott Christianson Michael Lichter and Daniel Kanstroom.