Lost Childhoods(English, Paperback, Soyer Michaela)

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Lost Childhoods(English, Paperback, Soyer Michaela) is written by Soyer Michaela and published by University of California Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0520296710 (ISBN 10) and 9780520296718 (ISBN 13).

Lost Childhoods focuses on the life-course histories of thirty young men serving time in the Pennsylvania adult prison system for crimes they committed when they were minors. The narratives of these young men, their friends, and relatives reveal the invisible yet deep-seated connection between the childhood traumas they suffered and the violent criminal behavior they committed during adolescence. By living through domestic violence, poverty, the crack epidemic, and other circumstances, these men were forced to grow up fast all while familial ties that should have sustained them were broken at each turn. The book goes on to connect large-scale social policy decisions and their effects on family dynamics and demonstrates the limits of punitive justice.