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Reading Street Lit with Incarcerated Juveniles: The Myth of Reformative Incarceration

Hale, Jacob S.
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3506-7822
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1523966308255071

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2018, Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Dayton, English.
Using a Third Space theoretical framework, this paper investigates how incarcerated juveniles are impacted by the reading of Street Literature. The study uses literary analysis to examine three works of Street Literature to determine what depictions of incarceration the residents of a detention center encounter. The results from qualitative field research are then used to analyze the residents’ perceptions of their own incarceration and potential for personal reformation in relation to the selected books. The study finds that the residents are skeptical of incarceration’s ability to make them change their ways and even that jail can make them be better criminals. The residents are, however, motivated to change by their relationships, a theme they encountered in the books. The paper ends by framing the findings with a discussion of mass incarceration, suggesting that the myth of reformative incarceration no longer functions as an effective narrative to inspire hope and personal change.
Patrick Thomas, Ph.D (Committee Co-Chair)
David Fine, Ph.D (Committee Co-Chair)
Meredith Doench, Ph.D (Committee Member)
157 p.
American Literature; Criminology; Education; Language Arts; Literature; Social Research
Incarceration; Street Lit; Jail; Prison; Literature; Incarcerated Juveniles; Mass Incarceration; Reformative Incarceration; Urban Fiction; Intersectionality; Street Literature; Third Space; Third Space Theory; Prison Literature; Prison Studies

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  • Hale, J. S. (2018). Reading Street Lit with Incarcerated Juveniles: The Myth of Reformative Incarceration [Master's thesis, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1523966308255071

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hale, Jacob. Reading Street Lit with Incarcerated Juveniles: The Myth of Reformative Incarceration. 2018. University of Dayton, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1523966308255071.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hale, Jacob. "Reading Street Lit with Incarcerated Juveniles: The Myth of Reformative Incarceration." Master's thesis, University of Dayton, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1523966308255071

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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