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Holiday at the Grocery Store: Conversations with a reformed convict.
Holiday at the Grocery Store: Conversations with a reformed convict.
- Source :
- Journal of Mundane Behavior; Jun2001, Vol. 2 Issue 2, p175-182, 2p
- Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- The article presents an interview with Cesar Dominguez, a reformed convict who was a drug-addicted residential burglar. The purpose of this interview is to reveal that even for those who run afoul of the law, there is mundanity. Also, the second point is to show how tenuous everyone's hold on normalcy is. Cesar was asked to describe his experience while escaping a lot of jail time along with his experience with the criminal justice system. When asked to describe about the first day after his release from jail he responded that it was hard for him to slip into old routines. He gave up his entire past and avoided repeating his anti-social activities. Also, when asked what was his hardest "normal" thing he had to get used to on the outside he said that his easiest thing to get used was the mundane. Furthermore, the article gives a narration of Cesar's life routine after jail term, his views on whether criminal justice system "corrects" people, and the lesson others should learn from Cesar's life.
- Subjects :
- SOCIAL conditions of ex-convicts
CRIMINAL law
EVERYDAY life
LIFE history interviews
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15293041
- Volume :
- 2
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Mundane Behavior
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 14698092