Jacobs, Thomas A

Examines legal cases about privacy, visitation and divorce, search and seizure, dress code, drug testing, free speech in school newspapers and yearbooks, sexual harassment at work, transfer to adult court, and the death penalty.

Letters from and interviews with twenty-one children and teenagers who broke the law reveal what it is like to be arrested, attend legal proceedings, and be held accountable for one's actions.

Describes the issues and outcomes of twenty-one court cases involving teenagers, which address debates over privacy rights at school, sexual harassment at school, school rules regarding personal appearance, mental health treatment against a teen's will, grandparents' visitation rights, being tried as an adult, and other topics.