Michaela Soyer: 2 books
A Dream Denied
Incarceration, Recidivism, and Young Minority Men in America
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
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....
Lost Childhoods
Poverty, Trauma, and Violent Crime in the Post-Welfare Era
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018
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...