juvenile delinquency

A collection of essays exploring various issues related to juvenile crime, discussing the role of gun violence, special considerations in violence among girls, juvenile sentences, behavioral health disorders and juvenile crime, trying juveniles as adults, and the importance of teen courts.

A collection of eleven essays that provides varying perspectives on topics about juvenile crime, such as reasons adolescents commit crimes, punishment and consequences, and how others are affects by the actions of juvenile delinquents.

Contains twenty-seven essays that provide opposing opinions on the topic of juvenile crime, discussing its causes and remedies, gang-related juvenile crime, and the questions of whether or not juvenile crime and violence is on the rise.

Stanley Yelnats begins a journey of self-discovery when he is sent to a juvenile detention center in Texas and suspects the motives of a warden who forces him and the other boys to dig five-foot-deep holes as punishment.

A comprehensive guide to the juvenile justice system that provides information on how children are impacted by American law, whether it pertains to their own actions or the actions of the adults in their lives.

Discusses gun violence as it relates to teens, provides a look at the gun control debate, and offers strategies to help young people give up guns and use other problem solving techniques.

Relates accounts of teen violence at home, school, and in the community and offers information on the causes and solutions relating to the problem.

Examines the causes, cases, and social and personal impact of the increasing incidence of murders being committed by children and teenagers.

Young people whose lives have been impacted by violence and crime, either as perpetrators or as victims, tell their stories. Also includes comments from concerned adults who work with these teens.