Feature stories on the fight against child neglect and crime. The book calls on every citizen of the country to contribute to the difficult but noble cause of raising adolescents, future builders of our society. In their rather peculiar form, the writers pose interesting questions about the conditions and causes of crime among young people, try to identify some of their patterns, show that in the overwhelming majority of the motives of crimes of adolescents there are no selfish motives, the influence of material factors, etc.