Youth Crime

Before Their Crimes: Childhood Trauma, Youth Crime, and the Surprising Journey to Adult Healing is a groundbreaking book that sheds new light on the relationship of childhood trauma and juvenile crime. Wendy Smith uses the framework of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to explain how the toxic stress of early childhood trauma can make children vulnerable to committing criminal acts. Smith draws from interviews with twenty men and women from across the racial and social divide who spent years in prison after committing serious crimes as children.

As he stumbled through high school, struggling to find a community among other fans of punk rock music, Christian Picciolini was recruited by a now notorious white power skinhead leader and encouraged to fight with the movement to "protect the white race from extinction." Soon, he had become an expert in racist philosophies, a terror who roamed the neighborhood, quick to throw fists. When his mentor was arrested and sentenced to 11 years in prison, 16-year-old Picciolini took over the man's role as the leader of an infamous neo-Nazi skinhead group.

Fifteen years ago a teenage girl fell into a canal late at night. Unable to swim, she went under and started to drown, surviving only thanks to a nearby man, an alcoholic, who heard her splashes and pulled her out, though not before she suffered irreparable brain damage that left her in a state of permanent childhood, unable to learn or mature. The drunk man claimed he saw her thrown into the canal by another man, but the following day he couldn't remember a thing.

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...

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.

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 ...

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.

“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 ReviewSan 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’ ...

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.

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 ...

Mass violence committed by young people is now an epidemic. The reasons behind this escalating violence and the cultural forces that have impugned a generation is the subject of this important new book. The Spiral Notebook is full of interviews with Generation Z, a group dogged by big pharma and antidepressants and ADHD drugs, by a doomsday/apocalyptic mentality present since birth, and by an entertainment industry that has turned violence into parlor games.

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 ...

Thirteen-year-old Montana MacCarthy feels a deep responsibility for every creature in Glen Helen Forest, especially the rare American Bald eagles nesting on Talus Trail. So, when the Glen director invites her and her friends from the Wesley Club to create a kid-friendly pamphlet about the forest’s wildlife for a summer project, they eagerly accept. Montana leads the group as they explore the forest, capturing sketches and photographs of its diverse inhabitants—bobcats, foxes, skunks, bats, and of course, the majestic eagles. But their project takes an unexpected turn when they stumble ...

It's said that cleanliness is next to godliness. What if they have it backwards? Could cleanliness be next to evil? Like a drill sergeant, a third-grade teacher inspects the fingernails of her charges every day that class is in session. It's her brand. Everybody, adult and child, knows it's her thing. Her militant practice instills fear, keeps order, and nurtures lifelong healthy habits. But beneath the surface, darker impulses percolate. In a harrowing confluence of events and circumstances, dirty fingernails play a life-changing role in the paths of a dutiful husband, a schoolyard bully, ...

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, ...

Jamie lives in Dalton's Bay with Aunty Dawn and Uncle Bobby. He spends his downtime hanging out with his mates, Dally and Lenny. Mark Cassidy and his white mates - the Footy Heads - take every opportunity they can to bully Jamie and his friends. On Lenny's last night in town before moving to Sydney, after another episode of racist harassment, Jamie, Dally and Lenny decide to retaliate by vandalising Mark Cassidy's car. And when they discover the keys are in the ignition… Dally changes the plan.

For all those who love it most, baseball is like a religion, and "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" ought to be in their hymn books. An injured minor league slugger and his preacher dad try using the hallowed game as a tool to reach troubled teens locked up in juvie. Will Mike Flaherty and Brother Pat connect with the teens held in a detention facility on the grounds of an old lighthouse in Panama City, Florida - or will they go down swinging? Young lives are at stake as betrayal lurks on the grounds - and it may already be too late to guide them out of darkness and into the light. Get it now ...

In a world ruled by gangs and survival, one boy's art might be his only way out. Sergio Torres, better known as Seeker, is a talented young graffiti artist navigating the brutal world of middle school gangs, broken families, and harsh realities. Torn between his loyalty to his friends in the Little Killerz and his passion for art, Seeker finds himself walking a dangerous line. When his best friend and gang leader Hector plots revenge against a teacher, Seeker must make a choice: stay loyal to the crew or risk everything to follow a different path. Told with raw honesty and emotional depth, ...

Through the live of ten young people, award-winning nurse Dorcas Gwata reveals the impact of gang culture on mental health. Dorcas Gwata is an award-winning nurse specialising in mental health. She has worked closely with vulnerable young people exposed to the knife crime, sexual exploitation...

Meet the Stonewardens... The youngest member of the Stonewarden family, Charlotte (Charlie), is 18 years old. As with everyone in her family when they reach that age, she's been told that when she turns 19, she'll be recruited into the family business. She has her warning that she has one year to do anything else she wishes to do - travel, study, work. Whatever she wants to do, she has 365 days to do it. On her next birthday, her life will effectively stop being her own. But Charlie wants nothing to do with the business. The youngest of six, with five older brothers, she wants a different ...