Abrams, Laura S.

Compassionate confinement a year in the life of Unit C / [electronic resource] : Laura S. Abrams, Ben Anderson-Nathe. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012. - xii, 169 p. - Critical issues in crime and society .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
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Juvenile corrections--United States.
Juvenile detention homes--United States--Case studies.
Juvenile delinquents--Rehabilitation--United States.


Electronic books.

HV9104 / .A27 2012eb

365/.420973