A Young Black Man In America. Follows the life of black youth in a large urban city. He describes his life of violence and gangs growing up in Virginia. Blackwell Publishers, 1994. Myers, Walter Dean.
Scorpions is an excellent contemporary young adult novel treating the youth violence crisis.
Newberry Award Winner. How Violence is Destroying Our Teenage Population and a Plan to Begin Solving the Problem. Violence Prevention Curriculum for Adolescents. Education Development Center. Addresses the rise of Hispanic gangs in California from an insider s viewpoint.