“we are waiting and waiting and doing nothing, until it is too late, and they commit crimes so serious that all society wants to do is punish instead of rehabilitate.” SocietyRehabilitationPunishCrimes Book:No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court Source: No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court
“Is it always in the interest of the public safety to seek the prosecutor's traditional solution -- the harshest penalty possible? Or is the public best served by finding ways to change a kid's lot in life for the better, even if that means opening the prison door?” CrimePrisonPublic SafetyPenalty Book:No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court Source: No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court
“They do horrible, unchildish things because they they have had very horrible, unchildish lives.” Horrible Author:Edward Humes
“There are two theories of evolution. There is the genuine scientific theory; and there is the talk-radio pretend version, designed not to enlighten but to deceive and enrage.” TwoTheoryEvolutionRadioGenuineVersionsDeceivingEnlighteningScientific TheoryTheory Of EvolutionTalk Radio Author:Edward Humes
“Instead of spending the time and the money and the manpower on the front end, when children first transgress - and when they can be helped and guided and set straight - we are waiting and waiting and doing nothing, until it is too late, and they commit crimes so serious that all society wants to do is punish instead of rehabilitate.” WantFirstsChildrenEndsWaitingFrontsCrimeSeriousLateSpendingCommitToo LateDoing NothingManpower Book:No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court Source: No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court