Crime Quote by Brad Schneider

We need law enforcement as the ultimate deterrent to stop irresponsible and rash young people from making mistakes that will harm others and themselves.…

— Munira Mirza

People are swept into the criminal justice system - particularly in poor communities of color - at very early ages... typically for fairly minor,…

— Michelle Alexander

Furthermore, the financial and social investment in prisons means that black and brown youth become, essentially, fodder for the machinery of capitalized incarceration. The…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Despite the fact that in America we incarcerate more juveniles for life terms than in any other country in the world, the truth is…

— Ayelet Waldman

There is a tremendous amount of confusion and denial that exists about mass incarceration today, and that is the biggest barrier to movement building.…

— Michelle Alexander

Young people can be the catalyst for starting the effort to redefine what's important in America.

— Andrew Shue

Let us acknowledge and celebrate what youth can do to build a safer, more just world. Let us strengthen our efforts to include young…

— Ban Ki-moon

Everyone thinks young people are alienated from the system. But when you present them with a viable alternative, they will be the first to…

— Michelle Shocked

Job insecurity, debt servitude, poverty, incarceration and a growing network of real and symbolic violence have entrapped too many young people in a future…

— Henry Giroux

Our criminal-justice system has for decades been infected with a mindset that views black boys and men in particular as a problem to be…

— Michelle Alexander

We need to get young people involved in the running of this country.

— Rod Lurie

The attack on youth is a national pathology, unwarranted by fact, smokescreen for the failure of adulthood and its leadership to confront larger predicaments.…

— Mike A. Males