{"product_id":"trapped-in-a-vice-the-consequences-of-confinement-for-young-people-hardback-9780813570471","title":"Trapped in a Vice; The Consequences of Confinement for Young People (Hardback) 9780813570471","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTrapped in a Vice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Consequences of Confinement for Young People\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlexandra Cox (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813570471\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 January 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e234 pages, 3 figures, 3 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.513 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Cox provides important and compelling insights about young people involved in the juvenile and criminal justice systems and about these systems themselves.\u003ci\u003eTrapped in a Vice\u003c\/i\u003e is a significant contribution to the field, filled with unique and comprehensive knowledge.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Jamie Fader (author of Falling Back: Incarceration and Transitions to Adulthood among Urban Youth) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTrapped in a Vice\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent piece of scholarship from start to finish. Cox weaves together stories, policy data, and literature in a seamless fashion to expose the paradox of 'ungovernable' children. This brilliant, well written work is guaranteed to become a landmark piece in the field.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Laura Abrams (author of Compassionate Confinement: A Year in the Life of Unit C) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Alexandra Cox's \u003ci\u003eTrapped in a Vice\u003c\/i\u003e will deepen the juvenile justice reform discussion. Fundamental to her work is an argument that is essential as it is true: reform must be broader than moving juveniles from adult prisons to juvenile prisons and rehabilitation efforts must have outcomes that extend beyond the walls of incarceration.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e - Reginald Dwayne Betts (author of A Question of Freedom and Bastards of the Reagan Era) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.gatescambridge.org\/news\/trapped-juvenile-justice-system\"'\u003e\"Trapped in the juvenile justice system\" spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Gates Cambridge) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/jjie.org\/2018\/01\/29\/book-excerpt-their-former-offense-keeps-blocking-them-from-moving-ahead\/\"'\u003eBook Excerpt: Their Former Offense Keeps Blocking Them from Moving Ahead\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (JJIE.org) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-758232236\/the-past-repeats-itself-in-new-yorks-juvenile-justice-system\"'\u003e\"The Past Repeats Itself in New York's Juvenile Justice System\" interview with Alexandra Cox\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (NYN Media) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/page99test.blogspot.com\/2018\/03\/alexandra-coxs-trapped-in-vice.html\"'\u003eAlexandra Cox's Trapped in a Vice on The Page 99 Test\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (The Page 99 Test) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/americareads.blogspot.com\/2018\/03\/pg-99-alexandra-coxs-trapped-in-vice.html\"'\u003ePg. 99 Alexandra Cox's \"Trapped in a Vice\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Campaign for the American Reader) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com\/opinion\/guest-commentary\/2018\/03\/youth-incarceration-comes-to-the-north-country\/\"'\u003e\"Youth incarceration comes to the North Country\" by Alexandra Cox\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Adirondack Daily Enterprise) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Alexandra Cox’s \u003ci\u003eTrapped in a Vice: The Consequences of Confinement for Young People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a profound piece of scholarship with the potential to rattle the field of youth justice.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Critical Criminology) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/www.pressrepublican.com\/news\/local_news\/community-calendar-april\/article_aab0f5c8-09b5-5c16-b184-a66933bcf005.html\"'\u003eCommunity Calendar: April 6, 2018 \u003ci\u003eTrapped in a Vice\u003c\/i\u003e event listing\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Press Republican) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com\/news\/local-news\/2018\/04\/author-opposes-converting-local-prison-to-youth-facility\/\"'\u003e\"Author opposes converting local prison to youth facility\" by Glynis Hart\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Adirondack Daily Enterprise) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/+HekP0bQQ\"'\u003e\"New Books in Sociology\" podcast interview with Alexandra Cox\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (New Books in Sociology Podcast) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/www.suncommunitynews.com\/articles\/the-sun\/teens-imprisoned-vice-as-vise\/\"'\u003e\"Teens imprisoned: Vice as vise: Research book sparks discussion, questions effectiveness of juvenile incarceration\" by Kim Dedam\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Sun Community News) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/www.lakeplacidnews.com\/page\/content.detail\/id\/528340\/ON-THE-SCENE--Challenges-of-incarcerating-youth-in-New-York.html?nav=5001\"'\u003e\"ON THE SCENE: Challenges of incarcerating youth in New York,\" by Naj Wikoff\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Lake Placid News) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.blackandhighlydangerous.com\/single-post\/2018\/07\/18\/Episode-27-Trapped-in-a-Vice---A-Conversation-About-Juvenile-Justice-and-Delinquency-w-Dr-Alexandra-Cox\"'\u003eBlack and Highly Dangerous Podcast with Alexandra Cox\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Black and Highly Dangerous Podcasr) \u003cdiv\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of Community Corrections) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/jacobinmag.com\/s\/ffb37fe708c45020a8de3f1c0ba4d3b5\/Jacobin-30.pdf\"'\u003e\"Superpredator: The Criminalization of Youth,\" by Alex S. Vitale\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Jacobin) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/elm.washcoll.edu\/index.php\/2018\/10\/sociologist-questions-justice-of-juvenile-incarcerations\/\"'\u003e\"Sociologist Questions Justice of Juvenile Incarcerations,\" by \u003ci\u003eThe Elm\u003c\/i\u003e staff\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (The Elm) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/abolitionjournal.org\/building-a-kinder-justice-system-youth-experiences-with-incarceration\/\"'\u003e\"Building a “Kinder” Justice System: Youth Experiences with Incarceration\" interview with Alexandra Cox \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Abolition) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Written in an accessible, graceful style, and grounded in rich, hard-won data from the ground-level, Trapped in a Vice will be of great interest to a wide-range of punishment and society scholars, and it is required reading for juvenile justice researchers, policy makers, and advocates for reform.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Crime and Punishment) \u003cdiv\u003e\"An important book...\u003ci\u003eTrapped in a Vice\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eTrapped in a Vice\u003c\/i\u003e is a cautionary tale for anyone who believes that solutions for inherently complex social problems are easy to come by.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTrapped in a Vice: The Consequences of Confinement for Young People \u003c\/i\u003eillustrates 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.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of Youth and Adolescence) \u003cdiv\u003e\"This book is an extraordinary piece of social science research.\" \u003c\/div\u003e (American Journal of Sociology) \u003cdiv\u003e\"[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.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Social Forces) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A beautifully crafted book.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Social Justice) \u003cdiv\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Theoretical Criminology) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gqCg2UlDqmE\"'\u003e\"The Critical Criminologist\" interview with Alexandra Cox\u003cbr\u003e https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gqCg2UlDqmE\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (The Critical Criminologist)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2019 Outstanding Book Award - ASC DCCSJ​\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrapped in a Vice\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eTrapped in a Vice\u003c\/i\u003e 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.  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1 Reproducing Reforms 13\u003cbr\u003e 2 Ungovernability and Worth 33\u003cbr\u003e 3 Racialized Repression: Barriers to the Emancipation of Young People at the Edges of the System 61\u003cbr\u003e 4 The Responsibility Trap 98\u003cbr\u003e 5 Change from the Inside 127\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion 160\u003cbr\u003e Methodological Appendix 167\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments 179\u003cbr\u003e Notes 183\u003cbr\u003e Index 211 \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559350399256,"sku":"9780813570471","price":122.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/trapped-in-a-vice-the-consequences-of-confinement-for-young-people-hardback-9780813570471","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}