
One of the key premises for creating a separate criminal justice system for juveniles was that juveniles were not the same as adults, and could therefore be rehabilitated. Despite this premise, still largely held today, the rate of recidivism for juveniles is dismal. The history...

These poems trace the stages of a journey into wholeness and maturity of being. The collection includes poems rooted in physical locations (such as the book's Part II, set near the poet's home in Wichita Falls, Texas, or its Part IV, situated in a log cabin in the Sangre de Cristo...