Race, Education, and Reintegrating Formerly Incarcerated Citizens - (Critical Perspectives on Race, Crime, and Justice) (Paperback)

About the Book

This book combines scholarly research with real-life testimonials to explore the nexus of Critical Race Theory and education. It offers a serious and responsible analysis of how racial practices in America impact the effectiveness of education as a reentry tool to reverse reci...

Book Synopsis

This book combines scholarly research with real-life testimonials to explore the nexus of Critical Race Theory and education. It offers a serious and responsible analysis of how racial practices in America impact the effectiveness of education as a reentry tool to reverse recidivism and mass incarceration.

Review Quotes

Chaney and Schwartz have assembled a must-read primer on Black males and the prison system. The collection of writings expose the reader to the depth and breadth of this complex social phenomenon... Read this book--and be prepared to have your assumptions challenged!

Chaney and Schwarz have produced a book that is critically important for educators and those interested in helping re-build lives and communities of the formerly incarcerated. Race, Education, and Reintegrating Formerly Incarcerated Citizenshas so many virtues to recommend it. Not only does it provide a critical analysis of the challenges facing the formerly incarcerated, but it also provides workable strategies for dealing with these challenges. The contributors speak authoritatively--either having experienced incarceration or worked with those who have. A whole section of the book is devoted to giving voice to the previously incarcerated and serves to humanize the adult learners in education programs. There is much to learn and benefit from in reading this book. I highly recommend for educators and those committed to social justice alike.

Reentry can be a very ambiguous term in the landscape of criminal justice reform. There has not been a consensus of what reentry means or its application in society. The only thing that can be agreed is a serious need for reentry services, but what that is or its implementation is anyone's guess. But reading Race, Education, and Reintegrating Formerly Incarcerated Citizens: Counterstories and Counterspaces, edited by John R. Chaney and Joni Schwartz, has provided a way forward to begin to think anew about reentry and how to best serve the ever growing ranks of the formerly incarcerated. Years from now we will look at this book as the starting point of a collective effort to define reentry in the years to come.

About the Author

John R. Chaney is full time criminal justice faculty member at City University of New York's (CUNY) LaGuardia Community College and reentry consultant for community-based organizations.

Joni Schwartz is associate professor at City University of New York's (CUNY) LaGuardia Community College, social activist scholar, and founder of three adult education centers in New York City.