Youth Crime

Aja Minor goes undercover. The target, an international child trafficking ring. When her cover is blown, the mission and her life are in jeopardy. Fresh off of the Peace Sign Killer case, Aja Minor is asked to join a joint CIA-FBI task force based in New York City. There, she joins a team whose aim is to take down the Fountain of Youth network - an international child trafficking and exploitation ring. When Aja is asked to go undercover for the first time, all doesn’t go as planned.

Juvenile delinquency is one of the most misunderstood topics in criminology. Headlines swing between two extremes — the irredeemable young criminal and the helpless victim of circumstance — and neither picture matches what the research actually shows. Juvenile Delinquency for Beginners is a clear, no-jargon introduction to why young people break the law, how justice systems around the world respond, and what genuinely reduces reoffending. Across 14 chapters, this book walks through the developing adolescent brain, the risk and protective factors behind offending, the role of trauma and ...

Bestselling author and teacher Casey Watson shares the horrifying true story of Kiera Bentley, a 12-year-old girl with a deeply shocking secret she’s too young to even understand. When Casey first meets Kiera, a small slight girl who’s just lashed out at a fellow pupil in assembly, she...

Discover the transformative world of juvenile justice with this compelling and comprehensive eBook, "Juvenile Justice." Designed for anyone looking to deeply understand rehabilitation programs for youthful offenders, this resource dives into the heart of what makes these programs successful. Begin your journey with an exploration of the history and evolution of juvenile rehabilitation programs. Understand the varied types of rehabilitation and the significant role community-based alternatives play in shaping futures. Learn about the psychological aspects affecting youth offenders, including...

“Chilling...satisfying...offers up tasty tidbits of San Francisco lore . . . [Russell] has a gift for dialogue, slyly using it to reveal character.”—New York Times Book Review San Francisco P.I. Stuart Winter looks into the death of a young, deaf heiress who volunteered as a sign language instructor—for a gorilla who may have witnessed her murder. “Polished and provocative...a California mystery of the hard-boiled school...very well written, with a corking good plot and fine characters.”—Booklist “Remarkable...[hops] from avant-garde theater to a deaf school, from winos’ ...

Joseph Silver Hawk Argent is on the run. He's running from the cops and an ancient prophecy that he doesn't want anything to do with. He's seventeen, a leader of the Los Caballeros street gang and even though he's Native American, he doesn't want any part of where he came from. A Holy man has pegged Joseph or Cheetah, as his friends call him, as a warrior who lived during the days of Crazy Horse but Joseph lives in New York. He wants nothing to do with his past or a past life that he doesn't care about. Frank Belger is the cop who only cares about one thing. He's determined to catch the ...

"I CRIED, YOU DIDN'T LISTEN IS THE MOST POWERFUL TALE OF HORROR WITHIN THE WALLS OF PENAL INSTITUTIONS SINCE 'PAPILLON.' THE TERRIFYING ASPECT IS THAT IT DESCRIBES AMERICA'S JUVENILE SYSTEM" - Alden Mills, ARETE MAGAZINE "THE AUTHOR'S WELL-WRITTEN STORY COMES AT THE READER FAST AND FURIOUSLY; SHOCKING READERS INTO AN AWARENESS OF THE INHUMANITY OF AMERICA'S JUVENILE PENAL INSTITUTIONS."- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "I CRIED, YOU DIDN'T LISTEN IS A POWERFUL INDICTMENT OF A SYSTEM THAT MAY HAVE LOST TRACK OF ITS PURPOSE."- Don Davis, THE SAN DIEGO UNION An early Winner of the "Project Censored" Award ...

Juvenile crime doesn’t just happen—there is always a story behind it. Before Their Crimes: What We’re Misunderstanding about Childhood Trauma, Youth Crime, and the Path to Healing is a ground-breaking audiobook that sheds new light on the relationship of childhood trauma and juvenile crime...

Ohio high school art teacher Albert Lutz hits the road for the Southwest in 1956. But his summer vacation soon jumps the rails. Suddenly, he’s in more trouble than he ever thought possible. Each new crisis challenges his grit and resourcefulness. Meanwhile, women are finding him far more attractive than ever before. This eighth in a series of Payne’s witty novels set in the 1950s packs in all the laughs and suspense you’ve come to expect. It’s a fun read for artists, lovers of art, and anyone who enjoys a clever comedy.

A portion of the proceeds from Front Row Seat will be donated to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Disease research and the Positive Coaching Alliance to help coaches lead and develop America’s future leaders. America's youth sports industry has changed dramatically over the past two decades. The days of playing for your town or local YMCA team, be it baseball, soccer, basketball or lacrosse were coming to an end.

Lindsey Aeon has a secret—and it's not just her undercover identity. Twenty years ago, a hike in the Florida wilderness changed her life forever. After falling into a mysterious pool of cool, shimmering water, Lindsey emerged... different. She hasn’t aged a day since, and her body now boasts rapid healing, enhanced strength, speed, and agility. These extraordinary abilities make her an exceptional FBI agent, but they also make her life anything but ordinary. Now, Lindsey’s latest assignment takes her to Philadelphia, where she must go deep undercover to infiltrate a powerful mob ...

Is Mexico experiencing a civil war—or a form of conflict that conventional definitions fail to capture? In Mexico and the Civil War Hypothesis, Max R. Schmidt examines how organized crime can move beyond illegal commerce to become an armed power capable of controlling territory, extracting payments, influencing institutions, and shaping everyday life. This comprehensive analysis explores a central paradox: the Mexican state possesses overwhelming military, financial, and legal advantages, yet criminal organizations continue to challenge its authority in certain regions. Their strength ...

In a small town in New Jersey, lifelong police officer James Gardener—driven by duty, faith, and his family legacy—finds himself drawn into two disturbing cases involving troubled young men on divergent but equally dangerous paths. Michael Phy, an isolated and mentally unraveling teenager, becomes consumed by a warped interpretation of religion, leading him to plot violent revenge against those who have tormented him. Meanwhile, Billy Mallek, a charismatic but delusional young man from a crime-ridden trailer park, dreams of building a cult-like commune of “blood drinkers.” Alongside...

After the brutal drug raid of a back-alley gay spa in Manila, the boys who make it out alive must decide what kind of men they want to become—and what they’ll risk—in this steamy crime saga. In 2016, the body of a masseur from Manila’s BangBang Touch men’s spa is pulled from a sewage...

A GRIPPING NOVEL • Friendship, loyalty, and sacrifice are just some of the convoluted plot’s facets in a story that reveals life’s ups and downs. Rubby Jam is both an entertaining and terrifying glimpse of contemporary life and love. “An impressive debut.”–Sabrina (The Book Loving Panda) “It could be a movie on the big screen.”–Eva Recinella (Between The Bookend) Eric, a handsome young man, falls for Estie, a gorgeous, free-spirited stripper who likes living on the edge. Her uninhibited world, so different from his, intrigues him, and he is curious to find out more. At the...

Welcome to London. A city of smoke and fog, filled with airships, steamcars and towers soaring into space... Jack Mason was a circus acrobat before his parents died. Now an orphan, he’s trapped inside Sunnyside Orphanage, the gloomiest place in London. That’s until the famous detective, Ignatius Doyle, employs him as his new assistant. And when Scarlet Bell seeks assistance to find her missing father, they’re flung headlong into a baffling mystery spanning centuries. What could the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci and a secret society have to do with Scarlet’s missing father? And how is...

A hedonistic descent from innocence to narcissism into the dark culture of methamphetamine, psychedelics, organized crime, and sex in '80s Los Angeles. Pot and alcohol at 14, LSD by 15, and slamming dope by 17. Scott's high school friends became a notorious counterfeit and drug-dealing group in L.A. Intense, shocking, and brutal to the senses, A Stone's Throw teleports you on a journey he barely survived. A sinister, secret society of sex, crime, and intense hybrids of narcotics mostly unknown to society. Everything is revealed and you vicariously experience it.

County Lines - the new breed of exploitation plaguing the streets of a town near you. If you've heard any news report on the upsurge in knife crime recently, you'll have heard the words 'county lines'. From the street slang that was once known as 'going country' - it sees powerful drugs gangs...

Set against the backdrop of 1980s Dublin, The Tan Yards by Robert E. Kearns weaves a haunting narrative of tradition, tension, and retribution. In a forgotten tract of land known as the Tan Yards, (a relic of a former village's extinct tanning trade), local youths gather each October to build a Halloween bonfire; a ritual that binds their community in primal celebration. Amidst the flickering flames and fleeting alliances, the story unveils the dark legacy of the Prizeman family, whose brutish presence looms large over the neighborhood. When Victor Prizeman, a volatile and feared outsider, ...

At secondary school in 1980s Dublin, a narrator recounts the story of his friend, Benny Breen who is terrorized by the vice principal known as Spitz. Over five years, about the halls and classrooms, Benny is made to trail the tyrant with unfettered power. He's subjected to humiliation and put-downs. When at last Benny reveals the true extent of the happenings, his confidante is so disturbed, he concludes there remains available but one option to end it. The pals hatch an astonishing plan so that Benny can live again, free from the torment he's suffered. A sensational, disturbing, yet ...