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.
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.
