juvenile delinquents

A collection of eleven essays that provides varying perspectives on topics about juvenile crime, such as reasons adolescents commit crimes, punishment and consequences, and how others are affects by the actions of juvenile delinquents.

Presents an overview of the problems of juvenile crime in the United States, and provides varying perspectives on the accountability of juveniles, whether juveniles should be tried and sentenced as adults, and whether the prosecution of juveniles as adults violates their constitutional rights.

Relates accounts of teen violence at home, school, and in the community and offers information on the causes and solutions relating to the problem.

Young people whose lives have been impacted by violence and crime, either as perpetrators or as victims, tell their stories. Also includes comments from concerned adults who work with these teens.

Essays from various sources provide a wide range of opinions on whether juveniles should be tried as adults in United States courts, examining the pros and cons and clarifying the surrounding issues, which include the death penalty, life without parole, and rehabilitation.

Fifteen-year-old Cole, trying to avoid prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the Native American Circle Justice, and is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.

A sociological study of crimes committed by people under eighteen years of age and of how these offenders are handled by the justice system.

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.