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Everyday Desistance : The Transition to Adulthood Among Formerly Incarcerated Youth / Laura S. Abrams, Diane Terry.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Critical Issues in Crime and SocietyPublisher: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (256 p.) : 2 maps, 4 tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780813574479
  • 9780813574493
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.7/7 23
LOC classification:
  • HV9106.L67
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Road to Juvie -- 3. Locked Up and Back Again -- 4. And Now I'm an Adult -- 5. Dangers and Decisions: Navigating Desistance as a Young Man -- 6. You Can Run but You Can't Hide -- 7. Finding a Net to Fall Back On: The Young Woman's Journeys -- 8. Everyday Desistance: Theory Meets Reality -- 9. Policy and Practice Reforms: Supporting the Pathway to Adulthood -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: The Research Process -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: In Everyday Desistance, Laura Abrams and Diane J. Terry examine the lives of young people who spent considerable time in and out of correctional institutions as adolescents. These formerly incarcerated youth often struggle with the onset of adult responsibilities at a much earlier age than their more privileged counterparts. In the context of urban Los Angeles, with a large-scale gang culture and diminished employment prospects, further involvement in crime appears almost inevitable. Yet, as Abrams and Terry point out, these formerly imprisoned youth are often quite resilient and can be successful at creating lives for themselves after months or even years of living in institutions run by the juvenile justice system. This book narrates the day-to-day experiences of these young men and women, focusing on their attempts to surmount the challenges of adulthood, resisting a return to criminal activity, and formulating long-term goals for a secure adult future.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Road to Juvie -- 3. Locked Up and Back Again -- 4. And Now I'm an Adult -- 5. Dangers and Decisions: Navigating Desistance as a Young Man -- 6. You Can Run but You Can't Hide -- 7. Finding a Net to Fall Back On: The Young Woman's Journeys -- 8. Everyday Desistance: Theory Meets Reality -- 9. Policy and Practice Reforms: Supporting the Pathway to Adulthood -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: The Research Process -- Bibliography -- Index

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In Everyday Desistance, Laura Abrams and Diane J. Terry examine the lives of young people who spent considerable time in and out of correctional institutions as adolescents. These formerly incarcerated youth often struggle with the onset of adult responsibilities at a much earlier age than their more privileged counterparts. In the context of urban Los Angeles, with a large-scale gang culture and diminished employment prospects, further involvement in crime appears almost inevitable. Yet, as Abrams and Terry point out, these formerly imprisoned youth are often quite resilient and can be successful at creating lives for themselves after months or even years of living in institutions run by the juvenile justice system. This book narrates the day-to-day experiences of these young men and women, focusing on their attempts to surmount the challenges of adulthood, resisting a return to criminal activity, and formulating long-term goals for a secure adult future.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jan 2021)