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Malign Neglect: Race, Crime, and Punishment in America -- by Michael Tonry (Author) (Book)
"From the acclaimed author of Between Prison and Probation comes a blistering attack on this nation's worn-out misconceptions about race, poverty, crime, and punishment, and a fearless prescription...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
The Simple Gift -- by Steven Herrick (Author) (Book)
"Weary of life with his alcoholic, abusive father, sixteen-year-old Billy packs a few belongings and hits the road, hoping for something better than what he left behind. He finds a home in an...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Rebuilding the Inner City: A History of Neighborhood Initiatives to Address Poverty in the United States -- by Robert Halpern (Author) (Book)
"Neighborhood-based initiatives - ranging from settlement houses in the nineteenth century to the Community Action and Model Cities program of the Great Society to the Empowerment and Enterprise Zones...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Heck Superhero -- by Martine Leavitt (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
Product Description "Thirteen-year-old Heck is a pretty normal kid with some artistic talent and a distinctive, hyperactive imagination. Life with his mother has been hand-to-mouth but not...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
Policing Urban Poverty -- by Chris Crowther, Jo Campling (Authors) (Book)
"Policing Urban Poverty demonstrates that since the 19th century, a core task of the police has been crime control and order maintenance, especially in poor communities. This illuminating book focuses...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Just Juice -- by Karen Hesse (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Letters and numbers still don't make sense to Juice Faulstich. She'd rather skip school and spend the day at home in the North Carolina hills, anyway. But when the bank threatens...
Ages 4 years - 8 years.
Poverty and Place: Ghettos, Barrios, and the American City -- by Paul Jargowsky, Rudolf Steiner (Authors) (Book)
"Paul Jargowsky's thoughtful analysis of the causes of ghetto formation clarifies the importance of widespread urban trends, particularly those changes in the labor and housing markets that have...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Therapeutic Nursery (Kennedy Krieger Institute) (Program)
Licensed by the Maryland Child Care Administration, Therapeutic Nursery is an Early Head Start Program that is designed specially for children under the age of three who are living with their parents...
Ages 1 months - 3 years.
Uncle Wille and the Soup Kitchen -- by Mira Reisburg, Dyanne Disalvo-Ryan (Authors) (Book - Child)
A straightforward fictional view of an urban soup kitchen, as observed by a boy visiting it with his `Uncle Willie,' who works there every day....The difficult lives of those fed (including...
Ages 4 years - 8 years.
Erik Is Homeless -- by Carol Halebian, Keith Greenberg (Authors) (Book)
"This photo essay describes the plight of nine-year-old Erik and his mother Lydia. After Erik's father was killed in a car accident, the once middle-class family was left destitute. Eventually, they...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)