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A Dream Denied: Incarceration, Recidivism, and Young Minority Men in America

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A Dream Denied: Incarceration, Recidivism, and Young Minority Men in America - Soyer, Michaela
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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. ...

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A Dream Denied: Incarceration, Recidivism, and Young Minority Men in America 2016, University of California Press

ISBN-13: 9780520290457

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A Dream Denied: Incarceration, Recidivism, and Young Minority Men in America 2016, University of California Press

ISBN-13: 9780520290440

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