Now updated with a new introduction and afterword, this award-winning
examination of the nation's largest juvenile criminal justice system in
Los Angeles by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist is "an important book
with a message of great urgency, especially to all concerned with the
future of America's children" (Booklist).In an age when violence and
crime by young people is again on the rise, No Matter How Loud I Shout
offers a rare look inside the juvenile court system that deals with
these children and the impact decisions made in the courts had on the
rest of their lives. Granted unprecedented access to the Los Angeles
Juvenile Court, including the judges, the probation officers, and the
children themselves, Edward Humes creates an unforgettable portrait of a
chaotic system that is neither saving our children in danger nor
protecting us from adolescent violence. Yet he shows us there is also
hope in the handful of courageous individuals working tirelessly to
triumph over seemingly insurmountable odds. Weaving together a poignant,
compelling narrative with razor-sharp investigative reporting, No Matter
How Loud I Shout is a convincingly reported, profoundly disturbing
discussion of the Los Angeles juvenile court's failings, providing
terrifying evidence of the system's inability to slow juvenile crime or
to make even a reasonable stab at rehabilitating troubled young
offenders. Humes draws an alarming portrait of a judicial system in
disarray.
