Do young people care about fairness?

This is the question that I have set out to explore, and to which I believe there is a resoundingly clear answer: yes. In the past couple of weeks, my ideas have been anchored by two opposing phenomenon that I want to explore more fully: the suppression of selfhood that takes place through the use of restraint and the budding of autonomy that takes place through creative programs, like the Music in Prison program that I’m researching right now. These poles create a tension I’m keen to unwind. In particular, I’d like to focus on what autonomy means for adolescents, and what the experience of suppression and expression of selfhood means to them.