RT Book
T1 Lost childhoods: poverty, trauma, and violent crime in the post-welfare era
A1 Soyer, Michaela 1980-
LA English
PP Oakland, California
PB University of California Press
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1640445846
AB "Lost Childhoods focuses on the life-course histories of 30 young men serving time in the Pennsylvania adult prison system for crimes they committed when they were minors. The narratives of these young men, their friends, and relatives reveal the invisible yet deep-seated connection between the childhood traumas they suffered and the violent criminal behavior they committed during adolescence. By living through domestic violence, poverty, the crack epidemic, and other circumstances, these men were forced to grow up fast, all while familial ties that should have sustained them were broken at each turn. The book goes on to connect large-scale social policy decisions and its effect on family dynamics and demonstrates the limits of punitive justice"--Provided by publisher
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV9104
SN 9780520296701
SN 9780520296718
K1 Juvenile Delinquency : Psychological aspects : United States
K1 Psychic trauma in children
K1 Poverty
K1 Criminal justice, Administration of
K1 Juvenile Delinquency : Case studies : Pennsylvania
K1 Kind : Psychisches Trauma : Jugendlicher Täter : Gewaltkriminalität : Sozialpolitik