Title: A Cycle of Isolation: How Juvenile Detention Recidivism Influences Political Alienation
Department: Government
Description: This project plans to explore how people who have been incarcerated multiple times in their youth experience government, politics, and activism. Those who have been incarcerated multiple times during adolescence have a particular vulnerability to our government's criminal justice system (i.e. it's easier for them to be incarcerated again, they have grown up in an environment that has actively worked against them, or perhaps they have developed a sense of learned helplessness, etc.). By interviewing these people, society could better understand their thoughts and behaviors surrounding government and how recidivism at a young age has impacted their decision making. This study could provide insight into a) what people who have been incarcerated multiple times struggle with, b) how our government plays a role in helping or harming these individuals, and c) potential solutions to aid the revolving door epidemic for our youth.
Hometown: Chesapeake, Virginia
Advisor: Mackenzie Israel-Trummel
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