Overview
- Includes a foreword by Professor Manfred Nowak
- Balances scholarly analysis with ‘real life’ perspectives, from formerly-incarcerated youth, system administrators, and policy advocates
- Draws in particular on the work of researchers who have engaged in qualitative research about the imprisonment of young people
- Lays out the tensions and debates in this area of study
- Speaks to those interested in the sociology of punishment and imprisonment, prison studies, juvenile delinquency/youth justice, critical youth studies, and social work/social welfare
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology (PSIPP)
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Violated: Children’s Rights are Human Rights
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Socio-Legal Contexts of Youth Imprisonment
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Regulating Emotions and Relationships Behind Bars
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Laura S. Abrams is Chair and Professor of Social Welfare at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, USA. Her scholarship focuses on improving the well-being of youth and young adults with histories of incarceration.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave International Handbook of Youth Imprisonment
Editors: Alexandra Cox, Laura S. Abrams
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68759-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-68758-8Published: 22 June 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-68761-8Published: 23 June 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-68759-5Published: 21 June 2021
Series ISSN: 2753-0604
Series E-ISSN: 2753-0612
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 642
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: Prison and Punishment, Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice, Children, Youth and Family Policy, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Social Work and Community Development