juvenile delinquency

A description of youth gangs in the United States and the problems they create, including crime and violence.

Chronicles a year spent in the ghettos of South Central Los Angeles, San Antonio, and Milwaukee, following girl gangs, tracing the lives of several key gang members, and looking at the issues that drove them into a life of violence.

An account of a New York City gang, the Reapers, and of the life of one of the gang leaders.

Discusses gangs as a major source of street violence, and describes the dangers and consequences of gang membership.

Young Stanley Yelnats begins a journey of self-discovery when he is sent to a juvenile detention center in Texas, where the boys are forced to dig five-foot-deep holes as punishment--a process for which Stanley suspects the warden has ulterior motives.

A cofounder of the Crips in Los Angeles introduces kids to the dangers of belonging to a gang.

Examines the lives of teens in rural North America, focusing on issues of crime and poverty, discussing diversity among poor, rural youth, and looking at the problems of drug, alcohol, and tobacco use, as well as violent and nonviolent crime.

"Describes the crimes juveniles commit, the attitudes and changes in the juvenile court system, and the ways that police and other social services deal with juvenile offenders" --Provided by publisher.

Frank and Joe try to determine the cause of recent injuries and deaths at a camp for troubled teens near Moosehead Lake in Maine.

Examining the 1950s debate over the media and juvenile delinquency, this study shows how the development of youth culture and the rise of a mass-media society became intertwined and confused.