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Author Meiners, Erica R., author.

Title For the children? : protecting innocence in a carceral state / Erica R. Meiners
Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2016

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Contents Introduction -- Childhoods -- Magical age -- The trouble with the child in the carceral state -- School and prison -- Beyond reform: the architecture of prison and school closure -- Restorative justice is not enough -- Adulthoods -- Life and death: re-entry after incarceration -- Registering sex, rethinking safety -- After and now -- Not this: building present futures -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "The United States has the largest prison population in the world, with incarceration and policing being key economic tools to maintain white supremacist ideologies. [The author] examines the school-to-prison pipeline and the broader prison industrial complex in the United States, arguing that unpacking child protection is vital to reducing the nation's reliance on its criminal justice system as well as building authentic modes of public safety. Rethinking the meanings and beliefs attached to the child represent a significant and intimate thread of the work to dismantle facets of the U.S. carceral state."-- Provided by publisher
Notes Earlier versions of some chapters were published previously as parts of other publications
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed January 27, 2021)
Subject Youth -- Effect of imprisonment on -- United States
Children -- Effect of imprisonment on -- United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology.
EDUCATION -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781452951683
1452951683