No Choirboy
Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row
New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2008.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
In their own voices--raw and uncensored--inmates sentenced to death as teenagers talk about their lives in prison, and share their thoughts and feelings about how they ended up there. Susan Kuklin also gets inside the system, exploring capital punishment itself and the intricacies and inequities of criminal justice in the United States.
Contents:
I was a teenager on death row chapter -- The fourteen-year-old adult -- Look at me -- Hate is a killer, dialogue I -- Private with our grief, dialogue II -- Dying for legal assistance : Roy's and Mark's lawyer.
Subjects:
Capital punishment -- United States.
Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States.
Death row inmates -- United States -- Interviews.
Juvenile delinquents -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Capital punishment -- United States.
Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States.
Death row inmates -- United States -- Interviews.
Juvenile delinquents -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Target Audience: 690L
ISBN:
9780805079500 (alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Crime Punishment Kuk | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-205) and index.
A Junior Library Guild selection
A Junior Library Guild selection