Paranoia & Heartbreak: Fifteen Years in a Juvenile Facility (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781583228777)

For fifteen years, Jerome Gold worked as a rehabilitation counselor in a prison for juveniles in Washington state. Throughout his time there, he kept a journal of his experiences with youths who had been incarcerated for murder, kidnap, assault, rape and other sex offenses, auto theft, burglary, and selling drugs. What started as a journal designed to relieve stress turned into the evocation of one man's nuanced perspective on a unique group of young people. Paranoia & Heartbreak tells Gold's personal story of coming to terms with people who have crossed over to the other side of their own humanity. Writing from ample experience and with unflinching compassion, Gold brings the reader to see these "deviants"--and through them, in some slanted way, our whole society, with an unexpected intensity.

Author: Jerome Gold
ISBN-10: 1583228772
ISBN-13: 9781583228777
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Language: English
Published: 07/07/2009
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2009 - Recommended - Readable
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2009 pg. 161