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Summary: Seventeen-year-old Erling is a rumored murderer and therefore sent to the Bastoy Boys Home correctional facility. Once there he clashes with the island facility's governor who believes manual labor, rigid discipline, and harsh punishment is the only way to turn these boys around. Refusing to accept the constant abuse, Erling leads the boys in a violent uprising that will bring them head to head...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement 2011

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN KIN

Summary: A rich widow is trapped in her private elevator, nine feet from the floor, for ten terrifying hours. Unable to escape, her situation becomes desperate when the emergency alarm attracts a drunken derelict and his boozy prostitute friend, both bent on robbery.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER LAD

Summary: Many at-risk youths see negative lifestyles such as hustling drugs as the only real alternatives open to them. Introspective in tone, this documentary presents a different point of view through the emotional journey of at-risk young black men attending an intensive retreat led by older black men whose life experiences qualify them as powerful mentors for positive personal change. Overall, the...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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Harris, Duchess

Summary: "The Juvenile Justice System examines all aspects of juvenile justice in the United States. It discusses the history behind the US juvenile justice system and how juveniles are affected by the system. Features include a glossary, further readings, websites, source notes, and an index."--Google books

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 364.3 HAR

Summary: "On the mean streets on New York's Lower East Side, Drina hopes to save her brother from a life of crime. But notorious hoodlum Baby Face Martin has come back to his old haunts looking for trouble and threatening to drag the boy down with him. Drina turns to her childhood friend Dave for help. But can he stop Martin without becoming just like him?"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DEA

Summary: Drink spiking has become a social and health problem of alarming proportions. This program explains what drink spiking is and helps students recognize situations that may increase vulnerability to drink spiking and date rape. Highlighting the growing prevalence of the crime, the video uses case studies to illustrate when and where the offense is likely to occur and profiles the type of people...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Summary: Although marijuana is often considered a "soft" drug, recent studies suggest that it is anything but safe-especially for young people. This program examines cannabis in the same context as harder drugs and reveals the devastating consequences of becoming addicted in childhood or adolescence. Stories from teenagers and young adults provide an unflinching look at how a user gets hooked and grows...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Summary: It leads to bad breath, yellow teeth, and black lungs-so why is smoking such a popular pastime? What enables the tobacco companies to snare young consumers so effectively? How do advertising, Hollywood imagery, and peer pressure fit into the equation? This program explores the cold, hard facts about cigarette smoking, including legal issues surrounding it and the impact it can have on both...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Summary: Aimed at young people as well as teachers, counselors, and parents, this program explores the threat of party drugs in a nonjudgmental way, encouraging young people to make responsible choices. It looks at a range of popular party drugs-including alcohol, marijuana, ecstasy, amphetamines, and LSD-and contrasts their medical applications with their typical recreational uses and abuses. Young...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Summary: It's the hottest day of the year and even Goofy's chicken noodle ice cream cone has melted into soup. So Mickey and his pals are cooling off at Star Lake. Pete's hosting a Hawaiian luau, and it just might be the best beach bash ever, but only if you can help the gang pick the right mouseketools to get the party started. You'll ride on a tide of fun with Mickey as you reel in a big, red Gooey...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MIC

Summary: Rebel without a cause (1955): The adolescent son of a well-to-do family gets into trouble with other kids and the police.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GRE

Summary: Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? SpongeBob SquarePants! Follow the adventures of this enthusiastic, optimistic sponge whose good intentions inevitably lead him and his friends into trouble.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Mag, Call number: DVD JUV SPO

Summary: When seventeen year old J's mother dies of an overdose, he calls his grandmother, Janine "Smurf" Cody, who invites him to come live with her. A Ma Barker camouflaged as a cheery suburban grandmother, she dotes on her roguish boys, and looks to add J to the mix. The oldest is Pope, a gunman off his meds, unhinged drug dealer Craig, and baby-faced youngest Darren. The brothers, along with Pope's...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2011

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY ANI

Summary: For many inmates at juvenile correctional facilities, looking ahead to freedom brings anxiety and doubt. This program illustrates the challenges that often await young offenders following incarceration and shows teen inmates preparing to face the corporate world, their families, and themselves. Overcoming illiteracy, building marketable work skills, and becoming familiar with employment...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008

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Summary: The importance of guidance programs for prisoners can’t be overstressed—they help society as well as the individual reentering it. Following young people who have been discharged from Rikers Island Academy, this program focuses on the payoffs that come from educational and counseling services for those behind bars. A lively peer-to-peer class setting is featured, while the process of...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008

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Summary: 'Tomorrow's city...today' is how the suburban paradise of New Granada promotes itself, but something has been left out of the plans. No one is paying attention to the town's teens. They must discover their own values and create their own entertainment.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA OVE

Summary: Mickey, Donald and Goofy climb up a fantastic beanstalk into the sky to a place where everything is huge, including the food, a castle and a fearsome giant named Willy who guards a beautiful golden harp. Mickey and his friends will have to outwit Willy in order to make it home safely. Includes 4 other Disney animated films.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MIC

Summary: Let your imagination soar as you join Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, and the whole Clubhouse gang of classic characters as they set off on amazing music-filled storybook adventures inspired by your favorite fairy tales.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MIC

Mikaelsen, Ben

Summary: After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2001

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MIK

Summary: In one of moviedom's most influential roles, James Dean is Jim, the new kid in town whose loneliness, frustration and anger mirrored those of postwar teens and echoes 40 years later.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: Blu-ray Rebel 2013

Summary: In Missouri, a different method of juvenile detention has seen surprisingly successful results, trading in orange jumpsuits and cell blocks for therapists and dorm rooms. This edition of Primetime spends a year with the hard-core offenders at Waverly Regional Youth Center and Rosa Parks Center to see how a combination of nurturing and discipline are transforming inmates into potentially...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010

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Summary: Politicos award gangster Patsy Gargan a cushy job as a honcho at a woefully run boys reform school-- no experience necessary, no expectations, no problems. But firebrand Patsy runs up against plenty of problems. He sees something in the kids-- himself. He, too, was raised in the slums. And he decides to defy everyone to give the kids opportunities he never had. Yet all the good Patsy does could...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY MAY

Summary: An average pedophile will molest 363 children in his or her lifetime. This program goes to a lock-down and into the community to develop a profile of juvenile sex offenders and to study the pioneering work of organizations attempting to reintegrate offenders into society. Interviews with experts reveal the causes behind the actions of young sex offenders, including sex abuse in their own young...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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Summary: In this ABC News program, John Stossel sheds light on troubling issues involving sexual behavior and criminal justice. Case studies include the story of 18-year-old Jon, who spent a year in jail after having sex with a 14-year-old girl-although her father later regretted pressing charges and tried to have Jon removed from Florida's sex offender registry. Other reports concern an alleged sex...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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