Cuz

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"In a shattering work that shifts between a woman's private anguish over the loss of her beloved baby cousin and a scholar's fierce critique of the American prison system, Danielle Allen seeks answers to what, for many years, felt unanswerable. Why? Why did her cousin, a precocious young man who dreamed of being a firefighter and a writer, end up dead? Why did he languish in prison? And why, at the age of fifteen, was he in an alley in South Central Los Angeles, holding a gun while trying to steal someone's car?"--Dust flap

subjects: Administration of Criminal justice,  African American juvenile delinquents,  Discrimination in criminal justice administration,  Social conditions,  African American families,  Biography,  African American young men,  New York Times reviewed,  African american men,  African americans, biography,  African americans, social conditions,  Juvenile delinquents,  African american families,  Criminal justice, administration of,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology,  Allen, Michael Alexander, -2009,  Allen, Danielle S., 1971-,  African American young men -- Biography,  African American young men -- Social conditions -- 21st century,  Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States

People: Danielle S. Allen (1971-),  Michael Alexander Allen (-2009)

Places: United States

Times: 21st century