Locked up, locked out : young men in the juvenile justice system /

• Main Author: Nurse, Anne, 1968-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Nashville, Tenn. : Vanderbilt University Press, 2010.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Subjects: Juvenile justice, Administration of > United States.; Juvenile detention homes > United States.; Juvenile delinquents > United States.; Young men > United States.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.; Juvenile delinquents.; Juvenile detention homes.; Juvenile justice, Administration of.; Young men.; United States.; Electronic books.

"You disrespect somebody and he disrespects you. It's all about respect when you're locked up."

Table of Contents:

• An introduction to the juvenile justice system
• Incarcerated youth and their worlds
• Institutional order
• Youth culture on the inside
• Contact with the outside
• Coming home
• Policy directions.