Democracy's Orphans: Rights, Responsibility, and the Role of the State in the Lives of Incarcerated Youth

Autor/in	Gardner, Joby
Titel	Democracy's Orphans: Rights, Responsibility, and the Role of the State in the Lives of Incarcerated Youth
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 42 (2010) 1, S.81-103 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X09336268
Schlagwörter	Citizenship; Democracy; Youth Clubs; Adolescents; Autobiographies; Justice; Males; Foster Care; Working Class; Disproportionate Representation; Special Education; Violence; Victims of Crime; Institutionalized Persons; Interviews; Juvenile Justice; Civil Rights; Government Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatsbürgerschaft; Demokratie; Jugendfreizeitstätte; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Autobiography; Autobiografie; Autobiographie; Gerechtigkeit; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Pflegehilfe; Arbeiterklasse; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Gewalt; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Jugendgerichtshilfe; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht
Abstract	Transition to adulthood is increasingly complex, extended, and challenging. Working-class Brown and Black young men face very difficult transitions, as they are overrepresented in the justice system, poverty, foster care, special education, and among victims of violence. What effects do these developments have on young people's places in free democratic society and on the contours and possibilities of youth citizenship? Specifically, how do incarcerated young men view the breadth and limits of democratic citizenship? This article analyzes voices of 25 incarcerated youth and those working with them--recorded through interviews, autobiography, and taped youth club meetings. Findings reveal that incarcerated young men experience expanding responsibilities, notably, criminal penalties; contracting rights and protections; and institutions and systems oriented to their expected failure. Voices presented critique the role of the democratic state (via the justice, educational, and other youth-serving systems) in protecting democracy for marginalized youth and other incumbent citizens. (Contains 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10