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Falling Back
Incarceration and Transitions to Adulthood among Urban Youth
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Jamie J. Fader
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English
Published/Copyright:
2013
About this book
Winner of the 2016 Michael J. Hindelang Award from the American Society of Criminology (ASC)
Winner of the 2016 Outstanding Book for the Academy of Criminal Justice Science (ACJS)
2014 Scholarly Contribution Award from the Children and Youth Section of the American Sociological Association
Received an Honorable Mention for the American Sociological Association Race, Gender and Class Section's 2014 Distinguished Book Award
Named a 2013 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Jamie J. Fader documents the transition to adulthood for a particularly vulnerable population: young inner-city men of color who have, by the age of eighteen, already been imprisoned. How, she asks, do such precariously situated youth become adult men? What are the sources of change in their lives?
Falling Back is based on over three years of ethnographic research with black and Latino males on the cusp of adulthood and incarcerated at a rural reform school designed to address “criminal thinking errors” among juvenile drug offenders. Fader observed these young men as they transitioned back to their urban Philadelphia neighborhoods, resuming their daily lives and struggling to adopt adult masculine roles. This in-depth ethnographic approach allowed her to portray the complexities of human decision-making as these men strove to “fall back,” or avoid reoffending, and become productive adults. Her work makes a unique contribution to sociological understandings of the transitions to adulthood, urban social inequality, prisoner reentry, and desistance from offending.
Winner of the 2016 Outstanding Book for the Academy of Criminal Justice Science (ACJS)
2014 Scholarly Contribution Award from the Children and Youth Section of the American Sociological Association
Received an Honorable Mention for the American Sociological Association Race, Gender and Class Section's 2014 Distinguished Book Award
Named a 2013 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Jamie J. Fader documents the transition to adulthood for a particularly vulnerable population: young inner-city men of color who have, by the age of eighteen, already been imprisoned. How, she asks, do such precariously situated youth become adult men? What are the sources of change in their lives?
Falling Back is based on over three years of ethnographic research with black and Latino males on the cusp of adulthood and incarcerated at a rural reform school designed to address “criminal thinking errors” among juvenile drug offenders. Fader observed these young men as they transitioned back to their urban Philadelphia neighborhoods, resuming their daily lives and struggling to adopt adult masculine roles. This in-depth ethnographic approach allowed her to portray the complexities of human decision-making as these men strove to “fall back,” or avoid reoffending, and become productive adults. Her work makes a unique contribution to sociological understandings of the transitions to adulthood, urban social inequality, prisoner reentry, and desistance from offending.
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JAMIE J. FADER is an assistant professor of criminal justice at Temple University.
Reviews
"With Falling Back, Fader offers a subtle blending of structural analysis and cultural attentiveness, highlighting the performative and transactional dimensions of both reform school and street life. This is an elegant and important book, one that will significantly shape future scholarship on youth, delinquency, race, and ethnicity."
— Jeff Ferrell, author of Crimes of Style: Urban Graffiti and the Politics of Criminality2013 Choice Outstanding Mention
"This exemplary book addresses the "complex and manifold character" of urban delinquent behavior....A significant contribution to understanding delinquency, demanding attention by decision makers. Excellent footnotes and bibliography. Essential. All levels/Iibraries."
"This important, powerful story of young black men demonstrates that even the best intentions cannot help overcome the realities of segregation, racism, and poverty in a society with too few jobs."
— Stephen Richards, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh"Falling Back explores the role of incarceration in young men's transition to adulthood by following 15 black and Latino young men over three years as they prepare for and adjust to their release from a reform school."
— American Journal of Sociology"Exceptionally reflexive, ethnographically rich, and theoretically compelling."
— Victor M. Rios, City & Community"An insightful critique of a Pennsylvania reform school for delinquents and the difficulties encountered when these young men re-enter the community. Fader’s book has an important story to tell because it should be acknowledged that
someone who lives and works in these white spaces can often play a larger role initiating a discussion for policy change and suggestions for improvement. Fader’s book provides an important addition to the literature."
— Contemporary Sociologysomeone who lives and works in these white spaces can often play a larger role initiating a discussion for policy change and suggestions for improvement. Fader’s book provides an important addition to the literature."
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9780813560755
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Keywords for this book
criminology; incarceration; transitions to adulthood; urban youth; incarceration among urban youth; incarceration among youth; youth; urban; crime and society; crime; society; critical issues in crime and society; criminal justice; criminal justice science; young inner-city men of color; men of color; people of color; people of color in cities; cities; city; imprisoned; imprisoned youth; imprisoned people of color; ethnographic research; black; latino; latino males; black males; black and latino males; rural reform school; reform; juvenile; juvenile drug offenders; drug offenders; drugs; urban neighborhoods; Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; reoffend; urban social inequality; equality; inequality; urban inequality; prisoner reentry; prisoner; young prisoners; Mountain Ridge Academy; hood; inner city; adulthood; employment; hustling; fatherhood; family; masculine identity; social support; identity
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Professional and scholarly;
