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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452947303321

Autore

Abrams Laura S

Titolo

Compassionate confinement [[electronic resource] ] : a year in the life of Unit C / / Laura S. Abrams, Ben Anderson-Nathe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-87214-5

0-8135-5414-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Collana

Critical Issues in Crime and Society

Critical issues in crime and society

Altri autori (Persone)

Anderson-NatheBen

Disciplina

365/.420973

Soggetti

Juvenile corrections - United States

Juvenile detention homes - United States

Juvenile delinquents - Rehabilitation - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

History and current tensions in juvenile corrections -- The setting -- Mixed messages: "Therapy speak" in a correctional milieu -- "Take it like a man" : masculinities, treatment, and crime -- "Jumping through hoops": identity, self-preservation, and change -- On the outs -- Rehabilitating rehabilitation: what we learned from Unit C.

Sommario/riassunto

To date, knowledge of the everyday world of the juvenile correction institution has been extremely sparse. Compassionate Confinement 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, Laura S. Abrams and Ben Anderson-Nathe provide a context for contemporary institutions and highlight some of the system's most troubling tensions.  This ethnographic text utilizes narratives, observations, and case examples to illustrate the strain between treatment and correctional paradigms and the mixed messages regarding gender identity and masculinity that the youths are expected to navigate. Within this context, the authors use the boys' stories to show various and unexpected pathways toward behavior change. While some residents clearly seized opportunities for self-



transformation, others manipulated their way toward release, and faced substantial challenges when they returned home. Compassionate Confinement concludes with recommendations for rehabilitating this notoriously troubled system in light of the experiences of its most vulnerable stakeholders.