Frank Carlson Library

Discusses the procedures, processes, and people in the juvenile court system, including what happens before, during, and after a juvenile commits a crime.

As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.

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

Depicts a harrowing journey through a near-future world of decaying cities, murderous adolescents and nightmarish technologies of punishment and crime.

Explores the dangers of city gangs through the experiences of Brooklyn boys Butch Young, who belonged to a gang and then left it, and Gino Mercado, who has stayed out of gangs.

""I want you to find out who is responsible for ruining his life and I want them to pay for it." This is the desire of Latricia Jones as she hires Goff Langdon to investigate her son's arrest for burglary, vandalism, and possibly hate crimes. Langdon is a laid back, slacker detective, happy with his work, friends, and way of life in the town of Brunswick, Maine. To complement his income in Brunswick's scarce private detective market, Langdon also...