Compassionate Confinement: A Year in the Life of Unit C

by Laura S. Abrams

Book Overview

Received an Honorable Mention for the 2015 Society for Social Work and Research Outstanding Social Work Book Award

To date, knowledge of the everyday world of the juvenile correction institution has been extremely sparse. Compassionate Confinement brings to light the challenges and complexities inherent in the U.S. system of juvenile corrections. Building on over a year of field work at a boys' residential facility, Laura...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813554128
• ISBN13: 9780813554129
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary