Crime, Second Chances, and Human Services

Fonkem Achankeng I, is associate professor at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Janet Hagen, is chair of the Human Services Leadership Department at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.

• Incarceration & American Society: An Introduction by Fonkem AchankengChapter One: Second Chances, Human Services, Crime and Redemption by Fonkem Achankeng Chapter Two: Changing the Trajectory of Life by Diane McMillen & Melinda KlineChapter Three: The Blooming Lotus: Wounded Healers & Their Aspirations to Give Back by John Paulson, Kevin Groves & Leslie A. HagedornChapter Four: People Can Change: Experiences of Formerly Incarcerated Leaders by Mark RiceChapter Five: From Retribution to Health: How Communities are Changing the Conversation about Incarceration by David LinersChapter Six: Passion and Freedom in Human Services by Alfred T. KisubiChapter Seven: Crime, Justice, Drugs & Deviance: A Human Services Perspective by Derek DichChapter Eight: Step Industries and Its Origins by AnonymousChapter Nine: STEP Industries and Me by Michelle Devine GieseChapter Ten: STEP Industries & the Minimum Wage Debate by Kendra GreenChapter Eleven: Drug Use, Abuse & Addiction: A Personal Experience by Pearl WrightChapter Twelve: Getting a Second Chance and Giving Second Chances to OthersA Personal Journey by Patricia McCourtChapter Thirteen: Redemption, Restorative Justice and Rebuilding Communities by Lynne M. WoehrleChapter Fourteen: Transfiguration by Alfred T. Kisubi

This book is a manual of compassion and restoration for human renewal in vulnerable communities. It makes an excellent and compelling case for why Human Service is more than ever before relevant in current societies that are affected by challenges that threaten daily human conditions. This book could not come at a better time for human service practitioners working in communities affected by crime and trauma. Every human service practitioner should read and treasure this book. Faculty in Human Service programs should ensure that their students reflect on this book.