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Informationen zum Autor LAURA S. ABRAMS is a professor in the Department of Social Welfare at the University of California, Los Angeles Luskin School of Public Affairs. She is the author of the award-winning book, Compassionate Confinement: A Year in the Life of Unit C (Rutgers University Press). DIANE J. TERRY is a senior research associate at the Loyola Marymount University Psychology Applied Research Center in Los Angeles. Klappentext Examines the lives of young people who spent considerable time in and out of correctional institutions as adolescents. 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. Zusammenfassung Examines the lives of young people who spent considerable time in and out of correctional institutions as adolescents. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Foreword by Michelle Inderbitzin, PhD 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
