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Michaela Soyer

Lost Childhoods

Poverty, Trauma, and Violent Crime in the Post-Welfare Era

Michaela Soyer

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English
University of California Press
11 December 2018
Violence in society; Crime & criminology; Family law: children
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 childhood traumas they suffered and the violent criminal behavior they committed during adolescence. By living through domestic violence, poverty, the crack epidemic, and other circumstances, these men were forced to grow up fast all while familial ties that should have sustained them were broken at each turn. The book goes on to connect large-scale social policy decisions and their effects on family dynamics and demonstrates the limits of punitive justice.

 
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Imprint:   University of California Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   227g
ISBN:   9780520296718
ISBN 10:   0520296710
Pages:   152
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Michaela Soyer is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and author of A Dream Denied: Incarceration, Recidivism, and Young Minority Men.

Reviews for Lost Childhoods: Poverty, Trauma, and Violent Crime in the Post-Welfare Era

This book makes a significant contribution to the study of adolescents by examining how the many factors of childhood can affect the criminal behavior in the future. * Journal of Youth & Adolescence *


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