The Myth of the Community Fix: Inequality and the Politics of Youth Punishment Cate Sarah D.
The Myth of the Community Fix: Inequality and the Politics of Youth Punishment Cate Sarah D. A detailed examination of the limitations and pitfalls of pursuing the community-based reform movement in…
Specifikacia The Myth of the Community Fix: Inequality and the Politics of Youth Punishment Cate Sarah D.
The Myth of the Community Fix: Inequality and the Politics of Youth Punishment Cate Sarah D.
A detailed examination of the limitations and pitfalls of pursuing the community-based reform movement in the American criminal justice system.As the extent of America's mass incarceration crisis has come into sharper view, politicians, activists and non-profit foundations from across the political spectrum have united around "community-based" reforms. Cate demonstrates that rather than a panacea, community-based juvenile justice reforms have resulted in a dangerous constellation of privatized institutions with little oversight. Many states are pursuing criminal justice reforms that aim to move youth out of state-run prisons and into community-based alternatives as a way of improving the lives of youth caught in the juvenile justice system.In The Myth of the Community Fix, Sarah D.
Focusing on case studies of three leading states for this model of