Saving Our Kids from Delinquency, Drugs, and Despair. 1st Edition

New York: Harper-Collins, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Hardcover. SIGNED, PRESENTATION COPY. "Our educational system is failing, drug use is rampant, violence in the streets is commonplace. Juveniles commit about half of all property crimes and one-third of violent crimes."(Dust jacket) Is this 2024? No, this is 1991. How much has changed over 33 years? Falcon Baker was director of Juvenile Studies for the Kentucky Crime Commission and director of Delinquency Prevention Programs in the Louisville public schools. In this book he describes the failures of our systems for adolescent support and proposes comprehensive solutions. This is an interesting historical window into the issues that were obvious many years ago and are still present today. Octavo. White paper-covered boards with red cloth-covered spine. Title in silver to spine. White dust jacket with title in red to front and spine panels. Jacket is slightly yellowed and bumped at edges. Pages are bright and clean. 348 pages, including index. Psychology. PSY110151.