Fine insider narrative, self-defeatingly factless

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	• NO MATTER HOW LOUD I SHOUT : A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court Edward Humes Simon & Schuster, 1997 - 400 pages average customer review:based on 26 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

It's a must read for enthusiasts and academics

This is a very moving book. Humes lets the characters' lives speak for themselves. You MUST read if you are interested in juvenile justice!!

The most difficult book you'll ever love

You will experience a huge range of emotions while reading this book: joy, anger, sadness, awe, happiness, and many others. You will hurt for these kids, and you will want to grab them and say, "What's wrong with you?" I read this book for training credit in my role as a CASA (Court-Appointed Special Advocate), and I am glad I was directed to it. I am a better person and a better CASA for what I read in this book. It is not a one-sided view. It does not state that everything is wrong with the system, and nothing is wrong with the kids. It just helps you to see where things go wrong, how the spiral starts. If this book can help one person help one kid, then everyone should read it.

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Fine insider narrative, self-defeatingly factless

Ed Humes provides a superior account of the human (and inhuman) side of the juvenile justice system in Los Angeles. Accolades to his reporting are justified, but Humes' advocacy of the juvenile justice system suffers a fatal mistake: he relies on secondary sources for basic facts and presents a completely backwards picture. The startling truth, clearly evident from reviewing crime statistics for Los Angeles from the state Criminal Justice Statistics Center, is that juvenile crime (especially serious crime) has been PLUMMETING DRAMATICALLY for 20 years. Teenage felony rates fell more than 40% from 1975 through 1995 (and dropped even more in 1996 and 1997), with sharp decreases in property and drug crimes and no increase in violent crime. Had Humes consulted original sources instead of relying on the inflammatory secondary commentators on juvenile justice, he would have authored a revolutionary and inspiring treatise on how -- despite the negative odds of growing poverty, more chaotic homes, and deteriorating job and education opportunity for youth of color -- Los Angeles teenagers and the stressed juvenile justice system can boast surprising successes. Instead, Humes resorts to unwarranted, inflammatory denigration of an entire generation and produces a disappointingly standard book that misses the real story.

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Definitely Worth Reading!

This book is a fascinating look inside the maze that is the LA juvenile justice system. It tells a gripping tale of where the system can go wrong, and also where it can go right. It paints a picture of a crowded system with overworked judges and a gigantic caseload. Filled with detail, Humes does an excellent job on this book. Exciting and intriguing, I couldn't put it down. This book is right on the money

!WOW!

WOW!! Definately explains it all. This was the most outstanding and wonderful book I've read!! I laughed, cried, and was unable to put it down!! Anyone interested in the REAL life of a juvenile delinquent should read this book.. Definately shows the "other" side of the juvenile, the one thats hidden behind the robes of justice!

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