Peter Shirlow is Senior Lecturer in the School of Environmetal Studies at the University of Ulster. He is the author of Beyond the Wire: Former Prisoners and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland (Pluto, 2008) and Belfast: Segregation, Violence and the City (Pluto, 2006).Kieran McEvoy is Professor of Law and Transitional Justice and Director of the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Queens University Belfast. He has written and edited several books on prisoners, conflict and transitional justice including Beyond the Wire (Pluto, 2008) and Paramilitary Imprisonment in Northern Ireland (OUP, 2001) - winner of the British Society of Criminology Book of Year Award in 2002.

• PrefaceIntroduction1. Understanding Political Imprisonment: Northern Ireland and the International Context2. Prisoner Release and Reintegration in the Northern Ireland Context3. The History and Evolution of Former Prisoner Groups4. Imprisonment and the Post-Imprisonment Experience5. Residual Criminalisation and its Effects6. Community and Conflict7. Former Prisoners and the Practicalities of Conflict Transformation 8. Conclusion: Conflict Transformation and Reintegration Reconsidered?NotesIndex

Peter Shirlow is Senior Lecturer in the School of Environmetal Studies at the University of Ulster. He is the author of Beyond the Wire: Former Prisoners and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland (Pluto, 2008) and Belfast: Segregation, Violence and the City (Pluto, 2006).Kieran McEvoy is Professor of Law and Transitional Justice and Director of the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Queens University Belfast. He has written and edited several books on prisoners, conflict and transitional justice including Beyond the Wire (Pluto, 2008) and Paramilitary Imprisonment in Northern Ireland (OUP, 2001) - winner of the British Society of Criminology Book of Year Award in 2002.

• PrefaceIntroduction1. Understanding Political Imprisonment: Northern Ireland and the International Context2. Prisoner Release and Reintegration in the Northern Ireland Context3. The History and Evolution of Former Prisoner Groups4. Imprisonment and the Post-Imprisonment Experience5. Residual Criminalisation and its Effects6. Community and Conflict7. Former Prisoners and the Practicalities of Conflict Transformation 8. Conclusion: Conflict Transformation and Reintegration Reconsidered?NotesIndex

Peter Shirlow is Senior Lecturer in the School of Environmetal Studies at the University of Ulster. He is the author of Beyond the Wire: Former Prisoners and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland (Pluto, 2008) and Belfast: Segregation, Violence and the City (Pluto, 2006).Kieran McEvoy is Professor of Law and Transitional Justice and Director of the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Queens University Belfast. He has written and edited several books on prisoners, conflict and transitional justice including Beyond the Wire (Pluto, 2008) and Paramilitary Imprisonment in Northern Ireland (OUP, 2001) - winner of the British Society of Criminology Book of Year Award in 2002.

• PrefaceIntroduction1. Understanding Political Imprisonment: Northern Ireland and the International Context2. Prisoner Release and Reintegration in the Northern Ireland Context3. The History and Evolution of Former Prisoner Groups4. Imprisonment and the Post-Imprisonment Experience5. Residual Criminalisation and its Effects6. Community and Conflict7. Former Prisoners and the Practicalities of Conflict Transformation 8. Conclusion: Conflict Transformation and Reintegration Reconsidered?NotesIndex