rehabilitation

Discusses the problem of falling back into drug abuse, what causes these relapses, and how to get help in breaking the cycle of continued drug dependence.

Presents opposing viewpoints about prison issues. Includes critical thinking skill activities and a list of organizations to contact.

Wounded in Iraq while his Army unit is on convoy and treated for many months for traumatic brain injury, the first person Ben remembers from his earlier life is his brother who has autism.

Patricia Van Tighem chronicles her recovery after she was attacked by a grizzly bear in 1983 and discusses how she healed both her physical and emotional wounds in the years after the attack.

The author tells about his one-year experiment teaching gang members from South Central Los Angeles in a one-room schoolhouse in 1982; and shares his experiences with gangs on the Salt River Reservation, Arizona, where the community takes a very different response to the problem of gang violence.

"...the photographs in Juvenile in Justice open our eyes to the world of the incarceration of American youths. The nearly 150 images in this book were made over 5 years of visiting more than 1,000 youth confined in more than 200 juvenile detention institutions in 31 states. These riveting photographs, accompanied by the life stories that these young people in custody shared with Ross, give voice to imprisoned children from families that have no resources in communities that have no power."--Back cover.