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Juvenile Justice and Expressive Arts
Artistic Disruptions through Art Programs for and with Teens in a Correctional Institution

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Juvenile Justice and Expressive Arts: Creative Disruptions through Art Programs for and with Teens in a Correctional Institution explores fine art programming equally a sustainable educational initiative to back up incarcerated teens' successful reintegration to society. Responding to a lack of scholarly research on juvenile offenders and the function of art as instruction in correctional facilities, Carol Cross presents a qualitative study that examines critical pedagogy, boyish development, and enquiry into the governance and policies surrounding youth at a Canadian correctional facility. Through observational and interview information, action research, and visual analysis, the reader gains an insider'south perspective into the lives of teens affected past law-breaking and violence and the potential of art educational activity to help in increasing their self-esteem, social and emotional wellbeing, and personal development. Visual fine art and written stories created by male and female juvenile offenders are woven throughout the chapters to illustrate the use of creative expression equally education and therapy.

Suitable for scholars and researchers in juvenile justice and corrections likewise as policymakers and practitioners in the field, this book will provoke dialogue on best practices for the rehabilitation and reintegration of institutionalized children and youth.

Tabular array of Contents

Listing of Figures

Preface

1. INTRODUCTION TO THE Study

2. YOUTH IN CUSTODY

three. ART As EDUCATION AND THERAPY: ITS BENEFITS FOR ALL YOUTH

4. METHODOLOGY AND METHOD

5. THE PROJECTS

half-dozen. ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION

POSTSCRIPT

APPENDICES

Appendix A: Youth Custody Average Counts – Twelvemonth to Date Jan 2008

Appendix B: The Interviews: Carol Mitchell and Theresa Bennett

Appendix C: Teen Participant Consent Form

Appendix D: Patrick Rafferty: A reflective letter from a role model

Appendix East: Samples of Arts and crafts

Appendix F: Self-Directed Samples

Appendix One thousand: Samples of Murals

Appendix H: Samples of The Exterior Guide Enquiry Project

REFERENCES

Index

Author(s)

Biography

Carol Cantankerous, Ph.D., has professional person feel working with diverse populations of homeless, mentally and physically challenged, and street-involved youth and adults in inner-urban center communities. She has too taught at the academy level. Collaborative projects with diverse social service organizations attach to her belief that integration between people of various life experiences and learning differences, ages, and ethnicities builds community spirit.

A visual artist, Cross holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr Academy of Art + Blueprint, Vancouver, British Columbia. Her Main's in Education thesis focused on the social benefits of establishing sustainable community fine art programs, and art educational activity as social intervention for "at-adventure" youth. In her efforts to build positive social modify and raise awareness of violence as a social problem, and with the back up of Provincial and Government of Canada funding, she set up a free subsequently-school photography and writing program for inner-city teens, held at a Vancouver college. In 2001, she founded Chroma Zone Studios, and in 2004, awarded a Government contract, she began working with incarcerated male and female person teens at a correctional establishment in British Columbia, Canada. Dr. Cross continues to abet for social justice and community regeneration through her piece of work as an artist and expressive arts educator.

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'Juvenile Justice and Expressive Arts is a useful resource for educators, policy makers, and other professionals working with youth identified with delinquency and at-gamble tendencies. Its youth driven initiatives through fine art showcase practical ways to encourage incarcerated youth to articulate their thoughts, feelings, and frustrations in rubber and therapeutic ways that extend beyond what words lonely can achieve. Ultimately, its qualitative approach demonstrates how educators help guide youth experiencing hardships to brand positive and productive changes, cope with life'due south obstacles, and discover the ways in which they belong to guild as valuable and contributing members.'Debrah C. Sickler-Voigt, Professor of Art Instruction, Middle Tennessee State University