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Compassionate Confinement: A Year in the Life of Unit C - Critical Issues in Crime and Society
Laura S. Abrams
Compassionate Confinement: A Year in the Life of Unit C - Critical Issues in Crime and Society
Laura S. Abrams
Brings to light the challenges and complexities inherent in the US 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.
188 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | February 1, 2013 |
ISBN13 | 9780813554136 |
Publishers | Rutgers University Press |
Pages | 188 |
Dimensions | 236 × 159 × 24 mm · 417 g |
Language | English |
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