Teenage crime and violence are escalating
Shirley Dicks whose son Jeff
is on
death row knows from personal
experience how one senseless
act can forever alter the lives
of everyone
involved. Dicks examines
the problems
of today's
youths, the types of crimes
committed
and suggestions to keep our
young people from following
the criminal path.
Young Blood features writings
by death row
inmates, family members of victims
and perpetrators,
religious and political figures,
journalists,
criminologists and legal experts,
along
with information
on programs designed to help
young
people who have gone astray.
Intimate
personal accounts
reveal the fear and regret of
death row
inmates as well as the horror
and anxiety of their loved
ones. In one moving chapter,
a mother
speaks candidly about the murder
of her daughter and
how she feels toward the murderer.
Alternately grief stricken and
angry,
she concludes that it is
up to every citizen to play
a part
in helping our children before
they grow up to become gun
toting hoodlums.
Young Blood advocates rehabilitation
programs, a new national emphasis
on broken families and
the problems of youth, child
care for
single parents, and an overhaul
of the juvenile justice
system. Dicks calls for
a distinction
between justice and revenge,
and
offers a provocative,
wrenching yet realistic look
at a
problem that threatens the future
of our society.
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