Trouble with the Child in the Carceral State

The article discusses the use of the concept of "the child" in the debates surrounding incarcerations, prisons, and the prison industry. Topics include racial, sexual, and gendered inequalities in who qualifies as a child; the use of the concept to justify both prison closings and prison o...

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Autor principal: Meiners, Erica R. 1969- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2014
En: Social justice
Año: 2014, Volumen: 41, Número: 3, Páginas: 120-144
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Verlag)
Verificar disponibilidad: HBZ Gateway
Palabras clave:
Economics
Race discrimination in criminal justice administration
Prison reform
Prisons
Discrimination in juvenile justice administration
Juvenile justice administration
Criminal Justice System
Legal status of children
Correctional institutions
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Sumario:The article discusses the use of the concept of "the child" in the debates surrounding incarcerations, prisons, and the prison industry. Topics include racial, sexual, and gendered inequalities in who qualifies as a child; the use of the concept to justify both prison closings and prison openings; and the differences in treatment of individuals termed children, juveniles, adolescents and adults, such as imprisonment.