Rutgers University Press Trapped in a Vice: The Consequences of Confinement for Young People (Critical Issues in Crime and Society)

Trapped in a Vice explores the consequences of a juvenile justice system that is aimed at promoting change in the lives of young people, yet ultimately relies upon tools and strategies that enmesh them in a system that they struggle to move beyond. The system, rather than the crimes themselves, is the vice. Trapped in a Vice explores the lives of the young people and adults in the criminal justice system, revealing the ways that they struggle to manage the expectations of that system; these stories from the ground level of the justice system demonstrate the complex exchange of policy and practice. Review "Trapped in a Vice: The Consequences of Confinement for Young People illustrates the problematic nature that is imprisoning youth and the issues with which the juvenile justice system currently operates. As such, it breaks new ground for researchers focusing on the development of offending and responses to offenders."-- "Journal of Youth and Adolescence""[Cox] applies a strong sociological viewpoint, rooted in Foucault, to the story of juvenile justice-a view that is lacking in other texts. This theoretical strength comes through in how Cox relates her rich stories to larger discourses of neo-liberal control. Importantly, Cox addresses racial disparities head on as part of the larger picture of who is seen as 'worthy' and redeemable and who it not....[The book] is an important piece to read and ponder in the current wave of reform."-- "Social Forces""A beautifully crafted book."-- "Social Justice""Alexandra Cox's Trapped in a Vice: The Consequences of Con?nement for Young Peopleis a profound piece of scholarship with the potential to rattle the ?eld of youth justice."-- "Critical Criminology""An important book...Trapped in a Vice is a reminder that human existence is contingent, inherently contradictory, and fragile. This insight, while obvious, has been forgotten as the system tries to fit children into a simplistic mould of evidence-based interventions. More than anything, Trapped in a Vice is a cautionary tale for anyone who believes that solutions for inherently complex social problems are easy to come by."-- "The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice""An insightful, original examination, rich with details of the often confounding details of troubled young peoples' lives, of the challenges and difficulties of constructively intervening in these lives."-- "Journal of Community Corrections""Author opposes converting local prison to youth facility" by Glynis Hart-- "Adirondack Daily Enterprise""Building a "Kinder" Justice System: Youth Experiences with Incarceration" interview with Alexandra Cox -- "Abolition""New Books in Sociology" podcast interview with Alexandra Cox-- "New Books in Sociology Podcast""ON THE SCENE: Challenges of incarcerating youth in New York," by Naj Wikoff-- "Lake Placid News""Sociologist Questions Justice of Juvenile Incarcerations," by The Elm staff-- "The Elm""Superpredator: The Criminalization of Youth," by Alex S. Vitale-- "Jacobin""Teens imprisoned: Vice as vise: Research book sparks discussion, questions effectiveness of juvenile incarceration" by Kim Dedam-- "Sun Community News""The Critical Criminologist" interview with Alexandra Cox https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqCg2UlDqmE-- "The Critical Criminologist""The Past Repeats Itself in New York's Juvenile Justice System" interview with Alexandra Cox-- "NYN Media""This book is an extraordinary piece of social science research." -- "American Journal of Sociology""Trapped in a Vice is likely to be of interest to a number of audiences. Students and scholars of juvenile justice, the sociology of punishment, youth, and inequality will appreciate the deeply human stories of the youth trapped in this system."-- "Theoretical Criminology""Trapped in the juvenile justice system" spotlight-- "Gates Cambridge""Written in an accessible, graceful style, and grounded in rich, hard-won data from the ground-level, Trapped in a Vi