They Broke the Law; You Be the Judge: True Cases of Teen Crime

I purchased this book as it was one on a list provided by our school for a summer book report project and the title interested my son. We both read the book and found it to be very interesting for different reasons. My son learned about the juvenile judicial system and the case studies provided a good opportunity for discussion with my son about various topics - how poor friend choices and peer pressure can cause someone to make poor decisions; what happens to those who break the law; how drugs can mess up your life, etc. I really thought that this was a great book for many reasons.

I have used this book with juveniles I work with on probation. It is neat to see them problem solve the cases and how many times they would actually punish the crime much harder than what the judge actually decided. This book creates great discussions and has a lot of value in the therapeutic groups for problem solving. I highly recommend this book to use with teens in all different ways.