| While one of the goals of juvenile institutions is to resocialize offenders, I argue that the real impact of serving time in a juvenile prison lies not in the "progam" advocated by the institution, but in the interaction between inmates and between inmates and cottage staff. Based on a qualitative study of a cottage of violent male juvenile offenders at one state's end-of-the-line training school, I examine and discuss key aspects of the inmate subculture. As well as discussing the inmates' and staff members' perspectives on life 'inside the institution, I detail specific characteristics of this cottage and how the inmate subculture is modified and perpetuated as the population changes over time. |
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