Jeff Hobbs
1) The short and tragic life of Robert Peace: a brilliant young man who left Newark for the Ivy League
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
viii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Examines "the short life of a talented young African-American man who escapes the slums of Newark for Yale University only to succumb to the dangers of the streets--and of one's own nature--when he returns home"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xiii, 364 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
"Very little has been written about juvenile justice. In the greater consciousness, the word "justice" in this context has been leeched of meaning; it just signifies prison for kids. But to those living and working in various capacities within that system, the word "justice" holds a sepulchral gravity. In Children of the State, bestselling author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace Jeff Hobbs presents three different true stories that show...