Carol Cross

Justice-Involved Youth

Healing Through Trauma with Creativity and Community Regeneration + Peer-Support Workbook

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032877167
• ISBN-10: 1032877162
• Artikelnr.: 72104911

Autorenporträt

Carol Cross, Ph.D., has professional experience that includes introducing arts experiences in nontraditional settings, working with adults and adolescents experiencing homelessness, incarceration, and with at-risk and high-risk youth. She has also taught at the university level. A visual artist and educator, Cross holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, British Columbia. Her Master's thesis focused on the social benefits of establishing sustainable community programs, and education as social intervention for youths at-risk. In her efforts to build positive social change and early intervention in schools, and raise awareness of violence as a social problem; with the support of Provincial and Government of Canada funding, she set up a free, after-school photography and writing program for teens at-risk in Vancouver. Awarded a Government of Canada contract, she began working with incarcerated male and female teens in British Columbia. Her doctoral research, a qualitative study, examined critical pedagogy, adolescent development, and research into the governance and policies surrounding incarcerated male and female youth. She is the author of Juvenile Justice and Expressive Arts: Creative Disruptions through Art Programs for and with Teens in a Correctional Institution. She holds a PhD from the University of Victoria.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 - Setting the Stage
Chapter 2 - Social Justice: Shifting Powers
Chapter 3 - Community Regeneration: Making the Connection
Chapter 4 - Community as a Place to Begin
Chapter 5 - The Projects
Chapter 6 - Collaborative Projects
Postscript - Moving Forward
APPENDIX A: A Reflective Letter by Patrick (Pat) R.
APPENDIX B: A Reflective Letter by Raphael F.
APPENDIX C: A Reflective Letter by Tye S.
References
Index
PART 2: The Peer-Support Workbook