juvenile delinquency

"Fourteen-year-old Jack falls under the spell of a delinquent Florida neighbor and gets way more trouble than he bargained for"--Provided by publisher.

When Liam, a fourteen-year-old graffiti artist, can't keep his grades up and is threatened by a local gang in the projects of Minneapolis, his mother sends him to Lake Michigan for the summer.

Jonathan Grisby is the newest arrival at the Slabhenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys. Despite the name, Slabhenge is more like a prison than a school - an ancient, crumbling fortress of gray stone rising up from the ocean. It is dark, damp, and dismal. And it is just the place Jonathan figures he deserves. Because Jonathan has done something terrible. And he's willing to accept whatever punishement he has coming.

Looks at how juvenile justice works in the United States using interviews with several teenagers who have been incarcerated for major crimes, including armed robbery and murder.

"Andrea Faraday, a society girl with a sketchy past, leads a crew of juvie kids in using their criminal skills for good"--.

Examines the brutal treatment of youth in juvenile prisons and presents the argument that the current structure of juvenile prisons denies children the key to factor to a successful rehabilitation?positive, caring relationships with adults.

Discusses the problem of coping with increasing violence in the community and in the schools.

As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.

Discuss issues surrounding the treatment of teens participating in residential treatment programs for substance abuse, behavioral problems, weight loss, and other issues.

A young thief sent to a working prison for a year is assigned to help clean out the local stables, and when the stable manager sees how well he works with the animals, the boy is asked to tame a violent horse called Dombey.