juvenile delinquency

Looks at how juvenile justice works in the United States using interviews with several teenagers who have been incarcerated for major crimes, including armed robbery and murder.

"Andrea Faraday, a society girl with a sketchy past, leads a crew of juvie kids in using their criminal skills for good"--.

Examines the brutal treatment of youth in juvenile prisons and presents the argument that the current structure of juvenile prisons denies children the key to factor to a successful rehabilitation?positive, caring relationships with adults.

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

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.

Discuss issues surrounding the treatment of teens participating in residential treatment programs for substance abuse, behavioral problems, weight loss, and other issues.

A young thief sent to a working prison for a year is assigned to help clean out the local stables, and when the stable manager sees how well he works with the animals, the boy is asked to tame a violent horse called Dombey.

Rivalry between rich and poor gangs in 1960s Oklahoma leads to the deaths of three teenagers and intense soul-searching for one of the youths involved, a sensitive fourteen-year-old writer named Ponyboy.

Orianna and Violet are ballet dancers and best friends, but when the ballerinas who have been harassing Violet are murdered, Orianna is accused of the crime and sent to a juvenile detention center where she meets Amber and they experience supernatural events linking the girls together.

After a judge sentences Miguel to spend a year in a group home and write in a journal, he makes plans to escape the youth detention center and go to Mexico, where he can put his past behind him.