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Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I: Background -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Significance of Voluntary Sector Provision in Correctional Settings -- Background to This Collection -- The USA and the UK: Relevant Context for the Study of the Voluntary Sector in Prisons -- Organization of Volume -- Prisoners as Volunteers -- The Nonprofit Sector and Prisons: Interactions, Boundaries, and Opportunities -- Supporting the Supporters: The Experiences of Volunteers -- Conclusions -- References

Sampling is an integral component of all research designs. Several qualitative research texts offer practical guides on how to theorize, recruit, and retain a sample to fulfill the aims of a given study. However, there is far less published discussion among qualitative researchers about sampling 'hard to reach' populations such as transient youth and young adults, homeless people, IV drug users, sex workers, and incarcerated, institutionalized, or cognitively impaired individuals. In this article, the author presents an overview of qualitative sampling, including its underlying assumptions, major methodological traditions, common characteristics, and standards of assessment. Next, the article identifies several challenges related to sampling hard to reach populations that are of particular relevance for qualitative research. Drawing on an example of a longitudinal qualitative study of incarcerated youth, these challenges are then discussed in relation to the assessment of 'quality' in qualitative research.

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction -- This Volume -- Conclusion -- References -- Part I: Violated: Children's Rights are Human Rights -- Epigraph to Section I -- "Untitled" -- 2: Self-Isolation May Feel Like Jail: It's Nothing Compared to Youth Prison -- References -- 3: Children and Young People in Custody in England and Wales: Rights and Wrongs -- Young People in Custody: A Falling Number of Highly Vulnerable Young People, Disproportionately from Minority Backgrounds and Care -- The Rights Framework and Inspection Regime -- The Wrongs Young People in Custody Face -- Children -- Young Adults -- The Howard League's Legal Work -- The Case of AB: A Child Isolated in a Young Offenders' Institution -- Aylesbury: Young Adults in Isolation -- Making Rights Practical and Effective: A Work in Progress -- Bibliography -- Statute, Regulations and Codes of Practice -- Cases -- 4: Everyday Violence in El Redentor Specialized Care Center in Bogotá, Colombia -- The Context of Juvenile Detention Centers in Colombia -- Violence in Juvenile Detention Centers -- Violence Documented by a Video Recorded in the Specialized Care Center El Redentor -- Research Questions -- Methodology -- Youth Perceptions of Life in El Redentor -- Everyday Violence in the Institutional Context of Youth Incarceration in Colombia -- The Relationship with Detention Facility Officials -- The Everyday Emotions of System-Affected Youth -- Hiding Violence from Child Welfare Officials -- Recommendations -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Codebook -- References -- 5: Doing Time: Young People and the Rhetoric of Juvenile Justice in Ghana -- Introduction -- Children in Context -- Juvenile Justice System: A Brief History -- Juvenile Justice Reform in Ghana -- Arrest, Investigations and Diversions.

"In Everyday Desistance, Laura Abrams and Diane J. Terry examine the lives of young people who spent considerable time in and out of correctional institutions as adolescents. These formerly incarcerated youth often struggle with the onset of adult responsibilities at a much earlier age than their more privileged counterparts. In the context of urban Los Angeles, with a large-scale gang culture and diminished employment prospects, further involvement in crime appears almost inevitable. Yet, as Abrams and Terry point out, these formerly imprisoned youth are often quite resilient and can be successful at creating lives for themselves after months or even years of living in institutions run by the juvenile justice system. This book narrates the day-to-day experiences of these young men and women, focusing on their attempts to surmount the challenges of adulthood, resisting a return to criminal activity, and formulating long-term goals for a secure adult future"--Provided by publisher