Horizon Information Portal

e-branch

Home

My Account/Renew Loans

Find Magazine Articles & more

Burning down the house : the end of juvenile prison / Nell Bernstein.

by Bernstein, Nell.

View full image

The New Press, 2014.

Juvenile justice, Administration of.

Juvenile delinquency.

Juvenile courts.

9781595589569 (hc.)

1595589562 (hc.)

Alternate title:

End of juvenile prison

xiii, 365 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-365)

"In a clear-eyed indictment of the juvenile justice system run amok, award-winning journalist Nell Bernstein shows that there is no right way to lock up a child. The very act of isolation denies delinquent children the thing that is most essential to their growth and rehabilitation: positive relationships with caring adults. Bernstein introduces us to youth across the nation who have suffered violence and psychological torture at the hands of the state. She presents these youths all as fully realized people, not victims. As they describe in their own voices their fight to maintain their humanity and protect their individuality in environments that would deny both, these young people offer a hopeful alternative to the doomed effort to reform a system that should only be dismantled"--From publisher.

Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.

Horizon Information Portal