A dream denied : incarceration, recidivism, and young minority men in America /

"'A Dream Denied' shows how the narrative of American Dream shapes the offending trajectories of twenty-three young Latino and African American men in Boston and Chicago. Believing in the American Dream helps the teenagers to cope with the pains of incarceration. However, without the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Soyer, Michaela, 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Juvenile delinquency > United States.
Juvenile delinquents > Behavior modification > United States.
African American juvenile delinquents > Massachusetts > Boston.
African American juvenile delinquents > Illinois > Chicago.
Hispanic American youth > Massachusetts > Boston.
Hispanic American youth > Illinois > Chicago.
Juvenile recidivists > United States.
Délinquance juvénile > États-Unis.
Jeunes délinquants noirs américains > Massachusetts > Boston.
Jeunes délinquants noirs américains > Illinois > Chicago.
Jeunesse américaine d'origine latino-américaine > Massachusetts > Boston.
Jeunesse américaine d'origine latino-américaine > Illinois > Chicago.
Jeunes récidivistes > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
African American juvenile delinquents.
Hispanic American youth.
Juvenile delinquency.
Juvenile delinquents > Behavior modification.
Juvenile recidivists.
Illinois > Chicago.
Massachusetts > Boston.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The role of agency in the desistance process
  • Two cities, two systems, similar problems: juvenile justice in Boston and Chicago
  • Too little too late juvenile justice as a social service provider
  • The imagination of desistance
  • Weak ties-strong emotions: caring for juvenile offenders in Boston and Chicago
  • The uncertainty of freedom-teenagers' desire for confinement and supervision
  • "I know how to control myself"-autonomy and discipline in the desistance process.

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