Michael Patrick MacDonald
THE "SUPER predator" is back. The image of the out-of-control, pathological teenager, which made headlines and dominated talk shows in the early 1990s, has resurfaced amid the recent rise in juvenile crime. But when we see our young people as something "other," as aliens and monsters, it is easy to distance ourselves from them. Once we lock them up and ... (Full article: 721 words)
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