and "Growing up in an impoverished, broken home, unable to make friends, Waln Brown turned to vagrancy, truancy, and juvenile delinquency. In this moving and spellbinding autobiography, Waln Brown recounts his journey through various county and state agencies, psychiatric hospitals, and reformatories. Surprisingly, he was able to make his reformatory experiences work to his advantage. Slowly fighting his way out of delinquency, he returned to school, earned a Ph.D. and moved to a more acceptable life-Style. and " and "What is unique about this book is Brown's recounting of the story from multiple points of view. He recollects with emotion how he was a victim of an unstable home life and rigid school system. But he also presents the contrasting official records - court transcripts, psychiatrists' reports, hospital files - proving Brown to be uncooperative and violent. The juxtaposition of these two views illustrates the delinquent's and reformers' frustrations and inability to communicate. Brown's gripping story of a juvenile delinquent's world will hold you to the end. His analysis paves the way for improved juvenile justice programs. and "Originally published by the Rutgers University Press, 1983