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Title: NO MATTER HOW LOUD I SHOUT : A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court by Edward Humes ISBN: 0-684-81195-2 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 07 May, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Powerful, haunting, and illuminating
Comment: I read this book for a history of child welfare class and found it impossible to put down. Humes clearly illustrates the problems with the U.S. Juvenile Justice system in Los Angeles. He follows several teen-agers through their trials, mis-trials, time in the California Youth Authority, and rehabilitation. Even though these children are often convicted, you have a chance to see that they really are just children. This book inspired me to pursue a career in juvenile justice.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good systems book
Comment: Let me start by saying that I really enjoyed this book. Mr. Humes is a wonderful writing who has the skills to draw the reader in in such a way as to "experience" the things he is writing about. Readers, though, ought to be aware that this is a book about a very specific system-the California Juvenile Justice System-which as most people in the field know is substantially different than, say the juvenile system in Topeka, Kansas. I think part of the book's utility, and the reason I think anyone in the field out to read it, is the way in which Humes makes salient the individuals that make up the larger system in much the way Marc Parent did in Turning Stones.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent view into the world of the juvenile system
Comment: I read this book for my intro to sociology class my freshman year of college. I could not put the book down. Humes does an excellent job of stringing the reader along, from the details of the juvenile court system to following individual teenaged offenders around the city.
If you ever have to read a book for a Sociology or Criminology class, I highly recommend this book. It is so enchanting that it makes the reading incredibly easy
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Title: All God's Children by Fox Butterfield ISBN: 0380728621 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Heart Knows Something Different: Teenage Voices from the Foster Care System: Youth Communication by Al Desetta, Youth Communication ISBN: 0892552182 Publisher: Persea Books Pub. Date: May, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: ORPHANS OF THE LIVING : STORIES OF AMERICAS CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE by Jennifer Toth ISBN: 068484480X Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 02 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Lost Children of Wilder: The Epic Struggle to Change Foster Care by Nina Bernstein ISBN: 0679758348 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 05 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Turning Stones : My Days and Nights with Children at RiskA Caseworker's Story by Marc Parent ISBN: 0449912353 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 27 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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