Justice-Involved Youth: Healing Through Trauma with Creativity and Community Regeneration + Peer-Support Workbook

Including a peer-support workbook with exercises, this book demonstrates the therapeutic value of art practice, both inside and outside institutions, as a more humane approach for children and adolescents affected by mass incarceration. The author discusses how a trauma-informed approach can heal marginalized and ignored citizens and refutes the notion that severe punishment for repeat offenders is essential or effective.

Author Carol Cross has decades of experience incorporating therapeutic...