 | Normal Bad Boys: Public Policies, Institutions, and the Politics of Client Recruitment Subjects: Juvenile corrections -- Quebec (Province); Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation -- Quebec (Province); Juvenile justice Administration of -- Quebec (Province); Shawbridge Youth Centres; Institutions for juveniles have achieved a degree of professionalism that allows them to mask their selection of particular clients for organizationally convenient rather than clinically appropriate reasons. In Normal Bad Boys, Prue Rains and Eli Teram document the evolution and transformation of client recruitment strategies and explain the dynamics underlying the processing of juveniles. In doing so, they raise important questions about the policy safeguards that presumably protect young people. |
