A Life in the Balance. Michael Krikorian.
by Krikorian, Michael; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 25Family. Publisher: Los Angeles Times Magazine, 2004ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Gang members | Gang violence | Gangs | Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation | Los Angeles (Calif.)DDC classification: 050 Summary: "Joe Jones was an intelligent, curious, respectful boy, quick with a 'thank you' and a 'please.' A kid who wrote poems, who had opinions on Bush and Saddam as rational as any, who could recite the 50 states of the union in alphabetical order with the speed of a county fair auctioneer. But, like thousands of other Los Angeles gang members, he got in trouble early." (LOS ANGELES TIMES MAGAZINE) This article relates the story of a teenage Los Angeles gang member, descended from a long line of gang members, and speculates on his chances of turning his life around.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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| REF SIRS 2005 Family Article 23 Sad Little Girls. | REF SIRS 2005 Family Article 23 Chile Tackles Child-Sex Trade. | REF SIRS 2005 Family Article 24 Youth, Pornography, and the Internet. | REF SIRS 2005 Family Article 25 A Life in the Balance. | REF SIRS 2005 Family Article 25 A Daily Lesson in Violence and Despair. | REF SIRS 2005 Family Article 26 My So-Called Blog. | REF SIRS 2005 Family Article 27 The War on Catfights. |
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
Originally Published: A Life in the Balance, Jan. 4, 2004; pp. 12+.
"Joe Jones was an intelligent, curious, respectful boy, quick with a 'thank you' and a 'please.' A kid who wrote poems, who had opinions on Bush and Saddam as rational as any, who could recite the 50 states of the union in alphabetical order with the speed of a county fair auctioneer. But, like thousands of other Los Angeles gang members, he got in trouble early." (LOS ANGELES TIMES MAGAZINE) This article relates the story of a teenage Los Angeles gang member, descended from a long line of gang members, and speculates on his chances of turning his life around.
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