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For the children? : protecting innocence in a carceral state / Erica R. Meiners.

Author/creator Meiners, Erica R. author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2016]
Description255 pages ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction -- Childhoods -- Magical age -- The trouble with the child in the carceral state -- Schools and prisons -- 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.
Abstract "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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 217-248) and index.
LCCN 2015036896
ISBN9780816692750 (hbk : alk. paper)
ISBN0816692750 (hbk : alk. paper)
ISBN9780816692767 (pbk : alk. paper)
ISBN0816692769 (pbk : alk. paper)

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