The Nexus of Homelessness and Incarceration: The Case of Homeless Men in Trenton, NJ

Q1 Social Sciences The Journal of Men's Studies Pub Date : 2021-03-25 DOI:10.1177/10608265211005084
R. H. Adler
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This article explores the nuanced connections between homelessness and incarceration as told through life stories of homeless men in Trenton, New Jersey. A recurrent theme in the stories was the experience of incarceration. This cycle of male homelessness and incarceration has its origins in the structural conditions of poverty, discrimination, and unemployment in Trenton. It is self-replicating because of a cultural process in which people learn and repeat how to engage with the world. Men copy other men; this is how they learn gender. If fathers or other positive male role models are absent, men are prone to learn gender from idealized, hypermasculine images that feed into the cycle of male homelessness and incarceration. When incarcerated men leave prison and return home to fatherless families and impoverished inner city neighborhoods, this has an adverse impact on them, which has an impact on the dynamics of those families and neighborhoods.
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本文通过讲述新泽西州特伦顿无家可归者的生活故事,探讨了无家可归和监禁之间的微妙联系。这些故事中反复出现的一个主题是监禁的经历。这种男性无家可归和被监禁的循环源于特伦顿的贫困、歧视和失业的结构性条件。它是自我复制的,因为人们在一个文化过程中学习和重复如何与世界交往。男人模仿别人;这就是他们学习性别的方式。如果没有父亲或其他积极的男性榜样,男性就容易从理想化的、过度男性化的形象中学习性别,这些形象会导致男性无家可归和被监禁的恶性循环。当被监禁的男子离开监狱,回到没有父亲的家庭和贫困的市中心社区时,这对他们产生了不利影响,这对这些家庭和社区的动态产生了影响。
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The Journal of Men's Studies
The Journal of Men's Studies Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
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