violence in adolescence

Offers parents and teachers guidance for understanding and preventing increasing incidents of physical violence, including hazing, brutality, fighting, weapons, and murder, by pubescent and teenage girls.

Reymundo Sanchez, a former member of the Latin Kings street gang, recounts the experiences of Sonia Rodriguez, a young girl who became a powerful leader of the Latin Queens, and explores the devastating impact gangs can have on a young girl's life.

A collection of true stories of crimes committed by and against teens from the editors of "Seventeen" magazine.

In a series of short interconnected poems, students at a high school nicknamed Brimstone reveal the violence existing and growing in their lives.

Presents a comprehensive analysis of the psychological causes of school shootings and the reasons why some teens consider violence as a solution to dealing with their own personal issues.

Examines the state of violence in American schools at the dawn of the twenty-first century and describes different methods for making and keeping schools safer places.

Presents a comprehensive A to Z discussion of teen violence in the United States associated with alcohol and drugs, gang and hate crimes, suicide, school and workplace violence, family abuse, and much more.

In the aftermath of a brutal fight between students from an elite prep school and the local high school, the town of East Breed's Pennsylvania, struggles to overcome the shocking results of the fight and find a way to unify.

Four teenagers convicted of violent crimes recount the bad decisions and misfortunes that got them in trouble and their progress towards stopping their destructive behavior.