“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
“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
