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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812420203321

Autore

Dostert Mark <1971->

Titolo

Up in here : jailing kids on Chicago's other side / / Mark Dostert ; design by Richard Hendel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, Iowa : , : University Of Iowa Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-60938-288-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

365/.420977311

Soggetti

Juvenile delinquents - Illinois - Chicago

Juvenile corrections - Illinois - Chicago

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Sommario/riassunto

Raised in a comfortable Dallas suburb, Mark Dostert crossed cultural and socioeconomic boundaries as a college student by volunteering as a counselor at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, Chicago's infamous 500-cell juvenile jail, known locally as the Audy Home. Inmates there had been indicted on first-degree murder, rape, and carjacking charges, yet some enthusiastically met with him for weekly Bible-based lessons and discussions. Dostert formed friendly relationships with his students and envisioned becoming an even closer mentor to the legally troubled boys when he became