Cox, Alexandra (2019) 'Challenging the Logics of Reformism and Humanism in Juvenile Justice Rhetoric.' Critical Criminology, 27 (4). 543 - 558. ISSN 1205-8629

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Abstract

This article draws on contemporary policy discourse in order to advance claims about the intractable figure of the “bad” child in contemporary juvenile justice reforms in the United States (US). The article focuses in particular on the discourses of trauma and “brain science” to point to a form of neo-positivism that has arguably emerged and which challenges efforts to engage in systematic decarceration. The article also focuses on the idea of the “bad child” that persists in the commitment of some reformers to the necessity of confinement for some children. The article questions the extent to which new forms of positivism challenge our ability to leverage structural claims.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology, Department of
Depositing User:	Elements
Date Deposited:	14 Nov 2019 14:04
Last Modified:	25 Oct 2020 02:00
URI:	http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/25768

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