A Kind and Just Parent: The Children of Juvenile Court Paperback - 1998
by William Ayers
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A Kind and Just Parent gives us a transformative view of kids caught up in the justice system that we could never get from nightly news and newspaper stories. William Ayers has spent five years as teacher and observer in Chicago's Juvenile Court prison, the nation's first and largest institution of juvenile justice, founded by legendary reformer Jane Addams to act as a "kind and just parent" for kids in need. Today, immensely confused and confusing, it serves as a perfect microcosm of the way American justice deals with children. The book follows a year in the life of the prison school. Its characters are three-dimensional: funny, quirky, sometimes violent, and often vulnerable. We see young people talking about their lives, analyzing their own situations, and thinking about their friends and their futures. We watch them throughout a school year and meet some remarkable teachers. From the intimate perspective of a teacher, Ayers gives us portraits, history, and analysis that help us to understand not only what brought these kids into the court system, but why people find it hard to think straight about them, and what we might do to keep their younger brothers and sisters from landing in the same place.
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- Title A Kind and Just Parent: The Children of Juvenile Court
- Author William Ayers
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: repri
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Beacon Press, Boston
- Date 1998-06-01
- Features Bibliography
- ISBN 9780807044032 / 0807044032
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.99 x 6 x 0.62 in (22.83 x 15.24 x 1.57 cm)
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- Topical: Family
- Dewey Decimal Code 364.360
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