Shooter -- by Walter Myers (Author) (Book - Child)
"What is it like to be an outsider at home and at school? Leonard, Cameron, and Carla struggle to find their way, but when Leonard goes on a shooting rampage at school, his friend Cameron finally gets...
All Ages
Age groups: Adolescence (13-21)
Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood -- by David Simon, Edward Burns (Authors) (Book)
"From the Publisher--At the center of the narrative is fifteen-year-old DeAndre McCullough. DeAndre's parents, Gary and Fran, were once poised, against all odds, to pull themselves up and out of west...
All Ages
Age groups: Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
Street Kingdom: Five Years inside the Franklin Avenue Posse -- by Douglas Century (Author) (Book)
"The world is the blacktop turf of the once all-powerful Franklin Avenue Posse's "hardrocks," stickup kids, gunrunners, and coke dealers. In this explosive odyssey through Brooklyn's ravaged...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Medical Liability for Pediatricians -- by The American Academy of Pediatrics (Author) (Book)
"As insurance costs soar, the need for accurate, current information on medical liability becomes more and more critical. This greatly expanded new edition of the definitive AAP liability guide...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Against the Odds: How "At-Risk" Students Exceed Expectations -- by Janine Bempechat (Author) (Book)
"From an original position that isolates the factors which predict academic performance, Harvard professor Janine Bempechat shatters the myths about success and failure among poor and minority...
All Ages
Age groups: Infancy (<1), Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
National Center on Education, Disability and Juvenile Justice (Program)
EDJJ examines the overrepresentation of youth with disabilities at-risk for contact with the courts or already involved in the juvenile delinquency system. We provide professional development and...
All Ages
Age groups: Infancy (<1), Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
The Suicidal Patient: Clinical and Legal Standards of Care -- by Bruce Bongar (Author) (Book - Parent)
' "Dr. Bongar proposes a working model for the assessment, management, and treatment of suicidal patients in both inpatient and outpatient contexts. His suggestions for optimal clinical practice...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
How the Other Half Lives -- by Jacob Riis (Author) (Book)
"How the Other Half Lives is a riveting account of life in New York's Lower East Side tenements of the last century written by one of the Progressive Era's preeminent reformers. Drawn from the...
All Ages
Age groups: Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
In the Shadow of the White House: Drugs, Death, and Redemption on the Streets of the Nation's Capital -- by Mike Tidwell (Author) (Book)
Mike Tidwell's story of counseling homeless drug addicts begins with the startling contrast of the pomp and circumstance of the President's inaugural ceremonies to the desperate poverty in the...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Psychopathology and Violent Crime -- by Andrew Skodol (Author) (Book)
"The psychiatric community has debated for years the significance of the relationship between mental disorder and serious violence. Psychopathology and Violent Crime goes to the heart of this...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)