juvenile delinquents

A collection of essays in which inmates at American prisons who were sentenced to death while still in their teens share their thoughts and feelings about how they ended up in prison and how they feel about capital punishment.

Presents an introduction to the criminal justice system for young adults, explaining their rights and responsibilities in the system, presenting key cases that affect students, and offering individual and class exercises to promote discussion.

Chronicles the life of George Washington Appo, a career criminal who served as leader of New York's underworld in Gilded Age New York and describes the social, economic, and cultural atmosphere of the city during his life.

Presents a collection of ten essays that address the issue of juvenile crime and prosecution within an adult court and discusses the constitutionality of trying juveniles as adults and the consequences that arise from it.

Examines the debate over whether rehabilitation should be the goal of punishment for crime in the United States, looking at various theories of crime deterrence, and discussing specific prison populations, and the death penalty.

Commentaries by teenagers about their fellow teens who commit crimes or violate social norms.

When one hundred juvenile delinquents are sent on a mission to recolonize Earth, they get a second chance at freedom, friendship, and love, as they fight to survive in a dangerous new world.

After his anger erupts into violence, fifteen year-old Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the Native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.