juvenile delinquency

As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.

Looks at different ways young adults can end up in a juvenile detention center, discussing what they are, how to avoid going, hiring a lawyer, alternatives to detention and more.

Examines the subculture of two street gangs--the Crips and the Bloods.

As further evidence of his family's bad fortune, which he attributes to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnatsis sent to a torturous correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, and a treasure.

An unlucky boy goes from loser to hero when he beats the odds--and solves a mystery--at Camp Green Lake, a detention center where he is forced to dig holes every day.

Our American cities have been rife with street gangs, mostly made up of minorities. Interviews with members highlight this presentation which also gives history.

After a party gets raided by the police, four teenagers who barely know each other find themselves on the run in a car with a trunk full of stolen drugs--and in the next few hours they will make decisions that will determine the course of the rest of their lives.

"Fourteen-year-old Jack falls under the spell of a delinquent Florida neighbor and gets way more trouble than he bargained for"--Provided by publisher.

When Liam, a fourteen-year-old graffiti artist, can't keep his grades up and is threatened by a local gang in the projects of Minneapolis, his mother sends him to Lake Michigan for the summer.

Jonathan Grisby is the newest arrival at the Slabhenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys. Despite the name, Slabhenge is more like a prison than a school - an ancient, crumbling fortress of gray stone rising up from the ocean. It is dark, damp, and dismal. And it is just the place Jonathan figures he deserves. Because Jonathan has done something terrible. And he's willing to accept whatever punishement he has coming.