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Complicated Lives

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Winner of the 2019 Intersectional Book Award from the American Society of Criminology's Division on Women & Crime? Complicated Lives focuses on the lives of sixty-five drug-using girls in the juvenile justice system (living in group homes, a residential treatment center, and a youth correctional facility) who grew up in families characterized by parental drug use, violence, and child maltreatment. Vera Lopez situates girls’ relationships with parents who fail to live up to idealized parenting norms and examines how these relationships change over time, and ultimately contribute to the girls’ future drug use and involvement in the justice system.     While Lopez’s subjects express concerns and doubt in their chances for success, Lopez provides an optimistic prescription for reform and improvement of the lives of these young women and presents a number of suggestions ranging from enhanced cultural competency training for all juvenile justice professionals to developing stronger collaborations between youth and adult serving systems and agencies.

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ISBN: 9780813586557
Publication date: 12th June 2017
Author: Vera Lopez
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 240 pages
Series: Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies
Genres: Health, illness and addiction: social aspects
Age groups: children
Social welfare and social services
Social work
Crime and criminology
Addiction and therapy