Kathi Milliken-Boyd is a licensed social worker and former juvenile justice specialist for the State of Michigan. She was the first female youth specialist at W.J. Maxey Boys Training School in Whittemore Lake, Michigan, where she worked with violent youth. She worked for the Michigan Department of Social Services and frequently evaluated youth who were being waived into the adult criminal system.

James Windell is a former juvenile court psychologist, who teaches criminal justice at Oakland University and Wayne State University and is an author. He frequently writes about the criminal justice system and this is his 38th book.

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Introduction Part I. Children Getting Life Chapter 1. Condemning Children to Die in Prison Part II. Kathi's Story about Kevin Boyd Chapter 2. Is Adult Prison the Only Answer?

Chapter 3. How did We Get Here?

Chapter 4. Kevin Boyd Goes to Trial Part III. Which Juveniles Receive Life Sentences? Chapter 5. Assessing Juvenile Lifers

Chapter 6. Who Gets Sentenced to Life without Parole?

Chapter 7. The Supreme Court Gets Involved Part IV. The Voices of the Victims Chapter 8. Justice for Victims

Chapter 9. Victims and Restorative Justice Part V. The Prosecuting Attorneys Chapter 10. Resistance to Understanding and Compassion

Chapter 11. Miller and the Prosecutors Part VI. Juveniles in Prison Chapter 12. The Rarest of the Rare: Who Deserves Life Without Parole?

Chapter 13. What Happens to Juveniles in Adult Prisons? Part VII. Why Do We Treat Vulnerable Youth So Harshly? Chapter 14. Why do We Treat Kids So Badly? Part VIII. Justice Reform Chapter 15. Where do We Go from Here?

Acknowledgements

Appendix