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Building a youth-led movement to keep young people out of the adult criminal justice system

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  • Ford, Recco
  • Hershberger, Shawna
  • Glenn, Joshua
  • Morris, Sarah
  • Saez, Victor
  • Togba, Francis
  • Watson, Joshua
  • Williams, Romeeka

Abstract

Through the lens of the Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project (YASP), this article explores the impact that the adult criminal justice system has on young people and how young men and women in Philadelphia are organizing to challenge that system. YASP has developed an innovative model for supporting and training young people in Philadelphia's adult jails and recently released from the adult jails to build a youth-led movement to repeal adult transfer laws in Pennsylvania. Through stories of personal experience and collective struggle, this chapter illustrates the power of young people taking back control of their city, their state, and their own destinies.

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  • Ford, Recco & Hershberger, Shawna & Glenn, Joshua & Morris, Sarah & Saez, Victor & Togba, Francis & Watson, Joshua & Williams, Romeeka, 2013. "Building a youth-led movement to keep young people out of the adult criminal justice system," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 35(8), pages 1268-1275.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:35:y:2013:i:8:p:1268-1275
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.04.014
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    1. Anyon, Yolanda & Jenson, Jeffrey M. & Altschul, Inna & Farrar, Jordan & McQueen, Jeanette & Greer, Eldridge & Downing, Barbara & Simmons, John, 2014. "The persistent effect of race and the promise of alternatives to suspension in school discipline outcomes," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 379-386.

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