This volume provides information on juvenile violence in America. It also examines: the historical response of the US to juvenile delinquency; the seriousness o

A Brookings Institution Press and Governance Institute publication A nation of great resources, the United States is confronted all too often with headlines abo

Even though youth crime rates have fallen since the mid-1990s, public fear and political rhetoric over the issue have heightened. The Columbine shootings and ot

Juvenile crime and violence has always piqued the public's interest. Indeed, each generation of Americans tends to define the youth crime problem as more seriou

Is a teenage violent offender a dangerous predator-or a vulnerable innocent that we should rescue from a life of crime? J. William Spencer probes our ambivalent