Compassionate Confinement : A Year in the Life of Unit C

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This ethnographic text brings to light the challenges and complexities inherent in the U.S. system of juvenile corrections. Building on over a year of field work at a boys' residential facility, the authors provide a context for contemporary institutions and highlight some of the system's...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Abrams, Laura S.
Otros Autores: Anderson-Nathe, Ben
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Juvenile detention homes.
Juvenile delinquents > Rehabilitation.
Juvenile corrections.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Jeunes delinquants > Rehabilitation > États-Unis.
Centres pour jeunes delinquants > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Services correctionnels pour mineurs > États-Unis.
Juvenile delinquents > Rehabilitation > United States.
Juvenile detention homes > United States > Case studies.
Juvenile corrections > United States.
United States.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This ethnographic text brings to light the challenges and complexities inherent in the U.S. system of juvenile corrections. Building on over a year of field work at a boys' residential facility, the authors provide a context for contemporary institutions and highlight some of the system's most troubling tensions. The book provides narratives, observations, case examples, and recommendations for rehabilitating the system. A detailed appendix on conducting field research is useful for individuals in th.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (188 pages).
ISBN:9780813554136

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