| Youth in Prison: We the People of Unit Four Contributor(s): Bortner, M. a. (Author), Williams, Linda (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415914388 ISBN-13: 9780415914383 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $199.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1997 Annotation: "Youth in Prison" tells the story of youths in a "model" juvenile prison program--a program created after a class action lawsuit for inhumane and illegal practices. It captures the lives of these youths inside and outside of prison: from drugs, gangs, and criminal behavior to the realities of families, schools, and neighborhoods. Drawing on experience that encompasses twenty years of juvenile justice research and policy analysis, the authors spent two years scrutinizing the prison's attempts to combine accountability and treatment for youths with protection for the public. Situating these within the larger social and political context, the authors have fashioned a book about all of us: those kept, those charged with their keeping, and the society that condones and demands this imprisonment. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 364.360 |
| LCCN: 97017823 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.07 lbs) 245 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Based on two years of intensive research in a juvenile prison, this study tells the story of youths in a "model program," created after a class action lawsuit for inhumane and illegal practices. It captures their lives inside and outside of prison: from drugs, gangs and criminal behaviour to the realities of families, schools and neighbourhoods. Drawing on experience that encompasses 20 years of juvenile justice research and policy analysis, the authors scrutinize the prison's attempts to combine accountability and treatment for youths with protection for the public, situating these within the larger social and political context. |