Being and Becoming an Ex-Prisoner- Front Cover -- Being and Becoming an Ex-Prisoner -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- General editor's introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: What's the post-release problem? -- 'Scott' -- The conception of the study -- The study and its aims -- The research context -- The scope and setting of the research -- What does this book add to what we already know? -- Chapter outline -- Chapter 2: A catalogue of post-prison disadvantage -- 'Tom' -- Australia's post-release landscape -- A catalogue of disadvantage -- Prison acculturation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: The post-release problem -- 'Paul' and 'Rob' -- Constructing the post-release problem -- Constructing the post-release subject -- Responses to the post-release problem -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Assemblage, culture, liminality -- 'Matt' and 'Eddie' -- Assemblage -- Culture -- Liminality -- Assemblage-culture-liminality: A synthesis -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Phenomenography -- 'Wayne' -- Philosophical orientation -- A phenomenographic approach -- Research questions -- Methods -- Ethical issues -- Access issues -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Lived experience of release -- 'Nick' -- Getting out -- Being out -- Staying out -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Post-release support perspectives -- 'Ben' -- Conceiving the subject -- Understanding prisoners' release -- The post-release support role -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Home, identity, connection -- 'John' and 'Glen' -- Home -- Identity -- Connection -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Being and becoming -- 'Dale' -- The main findings -- The implications of the findings -- The strengths and limitations of the research -- Where to from here? -- In conclusion ... -- References -- Index