Compassionate Confinement : a Year in the Life of Unit C.

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Author / Creator:Abrams, Laura S.
Imprint:New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2013.
Description:1 online resource (188 pages)
Language:English
Series:Critical Issues in Crime and Society
Critical issues in crime and society.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11169132
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Other authors / contributors:Anderson-Nathe, Ben.
ISBN:9780813554143
0813554144
0813554128
9780813554129
9781283872140
1283872145
9780813554136
0813554136
Notes:ReferencesIndex; About the Author; Available titles in the Critical Issuesin Crime and Society series.
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Summary:This ethnographic text 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, the authors provide a context for contemporary institutions and highlight some of the system's most troubling tensions. The book provides narratives, observations, case examples, and recommendations for rehabilitating the system. A detailed appendix on conducting field research is useful for individuals in th.
Other form:Print version: Abrams, Laura S. Compassionate Confinement : A Year in the Life of Unit C. New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, ©2013 9780813554129