incarceration, recidivism, and young minority men in America /
First Statement of Responsibility
Michaela Soyer.
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Oakland, California :
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University of California Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2016]
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1 online resource (xi, 172 pages)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The role of agency in the desistance process -- Two cities, two systems, similar problems: juvenile justice in Boston and Chicago -- Too little too late juvenile justice as a social service provider -- The imagination of desistance -- Weak ties-strong emotions: caring for juvenile offenders in Boston and Chicago -- The uncertainty of freedom-teenagers' desire for confinement and supervision -- "I know how to control myself"-autonomy and discipline in the desistance process.
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"'A Dream Denied' shows how the narrative of American Dream shapes the offending trajectories of twenty-three young Latino and African American men in Boston and Chicago. Believing in the American Dream helps the teenagers to cope with the pains of incarceration. However, without the ability to experience themselves as creative actors, reproducing the rhetoric of American meritocracy leaves the teenagers unprepared to negotiate the complex and frustrating process of desistance and reentry.
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JSTOR
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22573/ctt1cg3trj
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Title
Dream denied.
International Standard Book Number
9780520290440
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
African American juvenile delinquents-- Illinois-- Chicago.
African American juvenile delinquents-- Massachusetts-- Boston.
Hispanic American youth-- Illinois-- Chicago.
Hispanic American youth-- Massachusetts-- Boston.
Juvenile delinquency-- United States.
Juvenile delinquents-- Behavior modification-- United States.