Chapter 5 shows how the juvenile justice system perpetuates the traumatic experiences the respondents suffered in their homes. “Outsider masculinity” fulfilled multiple functions by allowing the young men to rationalize the violence they committed as well as the abuse and neglect they experienced at the hands of others. This chapter focuses on the unacknowledged abuse of these young men that took place at home and then in the juvenile justice system. Even as the juvenile justice system provides urgently needed social services, it furthers victimizes children.
