Everyday Desistance : : The Transition to Adulthood Among Formerly Incarcerated Youth / / Laura S. Abrams, Diane Terry.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter RUP eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Abrams, Laura S.,; Terry, Diane,
• TeilnehmendeR: Inderbitzin, Michelle
• MitwirkendeR: Inderbitzin, Michelle,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 2 maps, 4 tables

In Everyday Desistance, Laura Abrams and Diane J. Terry examine the lives of young people who spent considerable time in and out of correctional institutions as adolescents. These formerly incarcerated youth often struggle with the onset of adult responsibilities at a much earlier age than their more privileged counterparts. In the context of urban Los Angeles, with a large-scale gang culture and diminished employment prospects, further involvement in crime appears almost inevitable. Yet, as Abrams and Terry point out, these formerly imprisoned youth are often quite resilient and can be successful at creating lives for themselves after months or even years of living in institutions run by the juvenile justice system. 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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- 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