Overcoming the Magnetism of Street Life: Crime-Engaged Youth and the Programs That Transform Them

by Trevor Milton and Trevor B. Milton

This is a story of crime-engaged youth who have been given a second chance. New York City teens are often faced with conditions that lead to poor education, deprived job opportunities, and a savage cycle of incarceration. But they are almost always faced with a choice. Teens from deprived neighborhoods face an arduous crossroad: should they a) walk the glamorous path of street culture, whose unlawful codas channels them towards fast money, instant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739150847
• ISBN13: 9780739150849
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"