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Hidden truth : young men navigating lives in and out of juvenile prison /

Hidden Truth takes the reader inside a Rhode Island juvenile prison to explore broader questions of how poor, disenfranchised young men come to terms with masculinity and identity. Adam D. Reich, who worked with inmates to produce a newspaper, writes vividly and memorably about the young men he came...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reich, Adam D. (Adam Dalton), 1981-
Corporate Author: Alexander Street (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Juvenile delinquency.
Juvenile corrections.
Masculinity.
Juvenile Delinquency
Délinquance juvénile.
Services correctionnels pour mineurs.
Masculinité.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Juvenile corrections
Juvenile delinquency
Masculinity
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: playing at masculinity
  • Part I: Outsider masculinity
  • ch. 1. Outsider masculinity and the game of outlaw
  • ch. 2. Investment and pure critique
  • Part II: Insider masculinity
  • ch. 3. Insider masculinity and the game of law
  • ch. 4. Adapting to the game of law
  • Part III. Critical practice
  • ch. 5. The hidden trewth and the possibility of critical practice
  • ch. 6. Alternative space and its limits
  • Conclusion: critical practice and public policy.