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…
Specifikacia 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. 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. Cate demonstrates that rather than a panacea, community-based juvenile justice reforms have resulted in a dangerous constellation of privatized institutions with little oversight. Focusing on case studies of three leading states for this model of
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