Justice-Involved Youth

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.

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

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