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No Matter How Loud I Shout
- A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 09-03-14
- Language: English
- Publisher: Audible Studios
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $29.95
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Now updated with a new introduction and afterword, this award-winning examination of the nation's largest juvenile criminal justice system in Los Angeles by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.
In an age when violence and crime by young people is again on the rise, No Matter How Loud I Shout offers a rare look inside the juvenile court system that deals with these children and the impact decisions made in the courts had on the rest of their lives. Granted unprecedented access to the Los Angeles Juvenile Court, including the judges, the probation officers, and the children themselves, Edward Humes creates an unforgettable portrait of a chaotic system that is neither saving our children in danger nor protecting us from adolescent violence. Yet, he shows us there is also hope in the handful of courageous individuals working tirelessly to triumph over seemingly insurmountable odds.
Weaving together a poignant, compelling narrative with razor-sharp investigative reporting, No Matter How Loud I Shout is a convincingly reported, profoundly disturbing discussion of the Los Angeles juvenile court's failings, providing terrifying evidence of the system's inability to slow juvenile crime or to make even a reasonable stab at rehabilitating troubled young offenders. Humes draws an alarming portrait of a judicial system in disarray.
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outdated information but interesting as he'll! loved this book and the narrator made it so easy to get into!
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- Derek
- 01-20-17
Cheesy
If you're considering this book, read Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson instead. This is cheesy and outdated. The performance is oddly dramatic. I couldn't finish it.
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- Klupacs
- 09-27-16
moving
If you could sum up No Matter How Loud I Shout in three words, what would they be?
Memorable, thought provoking
What was one of the most memorable moments of No Matter How Loud I Shout?
Sister Janet's interactions with the kids
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
One of the kid's stories made me tear up. Pretty sure I laughed and rolled my eyes at a judge.
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- Rhiannon Maher
- 08-29-16
Required reading for anyone working with teenagers
This book is so well written it just sucks you in. It's like you were there in court with these kids and these lawyers. This book is heartbreaking however it enriched my life and change the way I think about crime.