Table of Contents
Youthful Offenders 1
Drugs Are Cool, Man 3
I Started Young 5
Trauma in Bosnia 9
The Day They Told Me I Could Go Free was the End of Trouble for Me 15
Peers Created Some Grief for Me 17
I Could Be in Deep Trouble Now 19
I Am Just a Small Town Girl 25
Abusive Treatment in More Than One Culture 27
A Person of Great Promise 33
I Never Got Caught 37
Doing Your Own Time 39
Juvenile Homicide Offender and Adjustment to a Training School 43
I Have Been Around, You Know 49
A Longing for Street Superiority 53
It Was the Rush 59
It Was the Fear 63
Professionals Who Work with Youthful Offenders 67
Former Police Chief Roger Cuccaro, Lieutenant Kirk Hessler, and Sergeant Richard Horner, Police Interrogation and Victimization 69
The Honorable Daniel Block, Juvenile Court Judge 73
Ruth Frush, Chief Juvenile Court Officer 77
Robert Quirk, A Staff Member's Perspective on a Group Home 81
Rita Fernau, Social Worker at Quakerdale 83
Teresa Wise, Superintendent of the County HomeSchool 87
Domenick A. Lombardo, Former Supervisor of Psychological Services, Youth Development Center at New Castle, Pennsylvania 93
Patricia Lutz, MEO, CETD, Founder and Director, The Turning Point, Washington, Pennsylvania 97
Peter Reinharz, Former Chief of the NYC Law Department for the Family Court Division 101
Patricia Brennan, Deputy Commissioner of Probation, New York City 107
