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Journalist Gary Younge recounts the lives lost over the course of a single day in America, revealing the human stories behind gun violence statistics.

"Committing a felony at a young age can set a young adult back in many ways, including personal relationships, education, and career path. With guidance from the right people, it is possible to recover from a felony conviction. This volume provides practical information about juvenile felonies, starting with what constitutes a felony, how felonies are tried in court, and how felony prosecution can affect someone's life. Readers will learn what to do if they're arrested, how to select an attorney, the steps of the often complicated legal system, and tips for staying out of trouble in the first place"--Provided by the publisher.

Explores connections between racial prejudice and crime. Discusses racial crimes in the United States, the work of Martin Luther King Jr., apartheid, and racial crimes in other countries. Includes a glossary, timeline, index, and resources for further information.

This volume provides information about juvenile felonies, starting with what constitutes a felony, how felonies are tried in court, and how felony prosecution can affect someones life.

On an average day in America, seven children and teens will be shot dead. In Another Day in the Death of America, award-winning journalist Gary Younge tells the stories of the lives lost during one such day. It could have been any day, but he chose November 23, 2013. Black, white, and Latino, aged nine to nineteen, they fell at sleepovers, on street corners, in stairwells, and on their own doorsteps. From the rural Midwest to the barrios of Texas, the narrative crisscrosses the country over a period of twenty-four hours to reveal the full human stories behind the gun-violence statistics and the brief mentions in local papers of lives lost.

This timely book offers a critical examination of issues in the headlines concerning racial bias, crime, and police violence. Race and Crime shines a light on biases and assumptions that link race with crime in the media, and encourages readers to reflect on these biases in the information they consume daily. Readers are asked to consider the roles that policing, prisons, immigration, and the media play in enforcing racism, and to examine their effects throughout history, which include hate crimes in the forms of slavery, genocide, and police violence. Through debate sidebars, critical thinking questions, and real-world case studies, this title goes beyond media headlines to encourage students to critically explore important issues surrounding race and crime in their communities, nations, and the world.

Examines gun policies in the United States, the effects of guns, gun control, and law enforcement, and compares the high rates of gun ownership and crime in America.

Explores the issues and controversies surrounding gun control in the United States. Includes a glossary, a chronology, resources for further information, charts, graphs, and photographs.

"We live in the Age of the Gun. Around the globe, firearms are ubiquitous and define countless lives; in some places, it's even easier to get a gun than a glass of clean water. In others, it's legal to carry concealed firearms into bars and schools. In [this book], Iain Overton embarks on a ... journey to understand how these weapons have become an integral part of twenty-first century life, beyond the economics of supply and demand"--Amazon.com.

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