Lost Childhoods: Poverty, Trauma, and Violent Crime in the Post-Welfare Era
Author:   Michaela Soyer
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520296718


Pages:   152
Publication Date:   11 December 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Lost Childhoods: Poverty, Trauma, and Violent Crime in the Post-Welfare Era


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Lost Childhoods focuses on the life-course histories of thirty 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 their effects on family dynamics and demonstrates the limits of punitive justice.  

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Author:   Michaela Soyer
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9780520296718


ISBN 10:   0520296710
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   11 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments introduction 1. punishment and the welfare state 2. the making of life-course-persistent offenders 3. the end of childhood: parental drug addiction and violence 4. the weakness of strong ties: extreme poverty and the fracture of close kinship ties 5. masculinity and violence: physical and emotional abuse at home and in the juvenile justice system 6. losing children conclusion and policy implications Appendix I Appendix II Notes References Index

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This book makes a significant contribution to the study of adolescents by examining how the many factors of childhood can affect the criminal behavior in the future. * Journal of Youth & Adolescence *


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Michaela Soyer is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and author of A Dream Denied: Incarceration, Recidivism, and Young Minority Men.

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