Governing delinquency through freedom : control, rehabilitation and desistance / Geraldine Bugnon ; translated from the French by Lucy Garnier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bugnon, Géraldine, author.

Contributor:

Garnier, Lucy, 1980- translator.

Series:

International series on desistance and rehabilitation.

International series on desistance and rehabilitation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juvenile delinquents--Brazil.

Juvenile delinquents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages).

Edition:

1 ed.

Place of Publication:

2020.

London ; New York : Routledge, 2021.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book analyses the non-custodial government of young offenders in two major cities in Brazil. In doing so, it delves into the paradox of an institution exerting control over youths while at the same time promoting their autonomy and responsibility. The study sheds light on the specific logics of power, control, and inequality produced by such institutional settings. The book's analysis is based on an ethnographic study of Assisted Freedom' (Liberdade Assistida) - a form of probation - in the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte. This particular context - which is characterized by endemic violent crime, on the one hand, and a highly protective juvenile justice system, on the other - sheds productive light on the contradictions of juvenile justice systems and other public policies based on the values of citizenship, autonomy, and responsibilization. The analysis takes the form of an inverted zoom structure: it begins by looking at cognitive and interactional processes at the level of interpersonal relationships between youths and professionals, and then works its way up to examine ties outside the institution itself, with schools, the labour market, and juvenile courts. Written in a clear and direct style, this book will appeal to students and scholars in criminology, sociology, cultural studies, and social theory and those interested in learning about non-custodial measures and the regulation of juvenile delinquency.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of illustrations

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations and key terms

Introduction

1 Beyond institutional walls: the non-custodial government of young offenders

2 A gamble on freedom: the Liberdade Assistida measure

3 Creating new narratives: reframing youths and their trajectories

4 Governing through speech: normalization, surveillance, and control

5 The outside world: rehabilitation or harm reduction?

6 Cooperation, division, and hybridization: social services and the juvenile court

7 Forced to be free: non-custodial penal control and dynamics of desistance

Conclusion: Governing young offenders through freedom: producing responsible individuals within a hybrid justice system

Appendix

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBook Central, viewed January 22, 2024).

ISBN:

9780429466175

042946617X

9780429880834

0429880839

OCLC:

1155483206

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429466175