A Dream Denied

Incarceration, Recidivism, and Young Minority Men in America

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Criminal law, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Criminology, Discrimination & Race Relations
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Author: Michaela Soyer ISBN: 9780520964617
Publisher: University of California Press Publication: July 12, 2016
Imprint: University of California Press Language: English
Author: Michaela Soyer
ISBN: 9780520964617
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication: July 12, 2016
Imprint: University of California Press
Language: English

Young minority men are often portrayed in popular media as victims of poverty and discrimination. *A Dream Denied *delves deeper, investigating the social and cultural implications of the “American dream” narrative for young minority men in the juvenile justice systems in Boston and Chicago. This book connects young male offenders’ cycles of desistance and recidivism with normative assumptions about success and failure in American society, exposing a tragic disconnect between structural reality and juvenile justice policy. This book challenges us to reconsider how American society relates to its most vulnerable members, how it responds to their personal failures, and how it promises them a better future.

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Young minority men are often portrayed in popular media as victims of poverty and discrimination. *A Dream Denied *delves deeper, investigating the social and cultural implications of the “American dream” narrative for young minority men in the juvenile justice systems in Boston and Chicago. This book connects young male offenders’ cycles of desistance and recidivism with normative assumptions about success and failure in American society, exposing a tragic disconnect between structural reality and juvenile justice policy. This book challenges us to reconsider how American society relates to its most vulnerable members, how it responds to their personal failures, and how it promises them a better future.

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