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Andrea Leverentz
Researcher at University of Massachusetts Boston
Publications - 24
Citations - 599
Andrea Leverentz is an academic researcher from University of Massachusetts Boston. The author has contributed to research in topics: Prison & Cultural criminology. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 22 publications receiving 534 citations. Previous affiliations of Andrea Leverentz include University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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The Love of a Good Man? Romantic Relationships as a Source of Support or Hindrance for Female Ex-Offenders
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of romantic relationships on the reentry experiences of female ex-offenders was explored through an analysis of qualitative interviews with 49 female exoffenders and their romantic partners.
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The Ex-Prisoner's Dilemma: How Women Negotiate Competing Narratives of Reentry and Desistance
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Neighborhood context of attitudes toward crime and reentry
TL;DR: The authors explored the impact of individual and neighborhood characteristics on attitudes toward crime and prisoner reentry, and found that individual-level predictors (e.g., political affiliation, sex, parenthood, and several crimerelated factors) of punitiveness are significant, and that there is a neighborhood context to these beliefs.
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People, Places, and Things: How Female Ex-Prisoners Negotiate Their Neighborhood Context:
TL;DR: The authors used multiple in-depth interviews with female ex-prisoners in Chicago and found that women reframed their neighborhood context as a neutral or positive force, both for them and the community.
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Narratives of Crime and Criminals: How Places Socially Construct the Crime Problem1
TL;DR: In this article, the authors address how narratives of crime and criminals play out differently within particular places, based on participant observation and interviews conducted in two high-crime Boston-area communities.