Author: BOLTON, ARCHDEACON KENNETH
Title: Halfway Home
Description: Edmonton, AB: Lone Pine Publishing, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0919433049. Signed by Author; Dustjacket heavily chipped with creasing and short tears, scuffed. Front free endpaper removed ; Signed by author on half title page. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages; "In 1962, the first St. Leonard’s Half-way home opened its doors in Windsor to welcome men who had spent time behind bars and needed a secure haven to make a clean start. A practical and determined Anglican priest by the name of Thomas Neil Libby saw the need for a re-entry residence that would help the ex-convict navigate the passage from incarceration to freedom making it easier for himself and safer for the community. Libby was struck by the profound tragedy of the ex-offender. Soon after leaving prison most would backslide into their former ways and associations. It was a time when as many as 80% of those completing prison terms found themselves once again standing in front of judges facing new charges." Libby worked with other organizations to promote the halfway house system.. Very Good- in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: 0919433049 halfway house Canada Social Science LAW
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Title: Halfway Home
Description: Edmonton, AB: Lone Pine Publishing, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0919433049. Signed by Author; Dustjacket heavily chipped with creasing and short tears, scuffed. Front free endpaper removed ; Signed by author on half title page. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages; "In 1962, the first St. Leonard’s Half-way home opened its doors in Windsor to welcome men who had spent time behind bars and needed a secure haven to make a clean start. A practical and determined Anglican priest by the name of Thomas Neil Libby saw the need for a re-entry residence that would help the ex-convict navigate the passage from incarceration to freedom making it easier for himself and safer for the community. Libby was struck by the profound tragedy of the ex-offender. Soon after leaving prison most would backslide into their former ways and associations. It was a time when as many as 80% of those completing prison terms found themselves once again standing in front of judges facing new charges." Libby worked with other organizations to promote the halfway house system.. Very Good- in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: 0919433049 halfway house Canada Social Science LAW
Price: US$ 19.50 Seller: Ainsworth Books
- Book number: 19310
- Book number: 19310
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