Lost childhoods : poverty, trauma, and violent crime in the post-welfare era /

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"Lost Childhoods focuses on the life-course histories of 30 young men serving time in the Pennsylvania adult prison system for crimes they committed when they were minors. The narratives of these young men, their friends, and relatives reveal the invisible yet deep-seated connection between 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, [2018]
Subjects:
Juvenile delinquency > United States > Psychological aspects.
Psychic trauma in children.
Poverty.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Juvenile delinquency > Pennsylvania > Case studies.
Délinquance juvénile > États-Unis > Aspect psychologique.
Traumatisme psychique chez l'enfant.
Pauvreté.
Délinquance juvénile > Pennsylvanie > Études de cas.
poverty.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
LAW > Family Law > Children.
Criminal justice, Administration of
Juvenile delinquency
Juvenile delinquency > Psychological aspects
Poverty
Psychic trauma in children
Pennsylvania
United States
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Punishment and the welfare state
  • The making of life-course persistent offenders
  • The end of childhood: parental drug addiction and violence
  • The weakness of strong ties: extreme poverty and the fracture of close kinship ties
  • Masculinity and violence: physical and emotional abuse at home and in the juvenile justice system
  • Losing children
  • Conclusion and policy implications.

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