Essential reading for policy makers and practitioners alike Seeks to address juvenile delinquency by advocating new government policies regarding youth socialization. Takes the youth crime debate further by looking for answers in societies other than our own and argues for rites of passage for young people I m Adult Aren t I is a book with a mission: to create adults out of children. Other societies manage this well, there s no reason why ours should not. In the matter of socializing unruly youth, we find success in societies some poor, some not so poor that are highly ritualised. In I m...

-Essential reading for policy makers and practitioners alike -Seeks to address juvenile delinquency by advocating new government policies regarding youth socialization. -Takes the youth crime debate further by looking for answers in societies other than our own and argues for "rites of passage" for young people "I'm Adult Aren't I " is a book with a mission: to create adults out of children. Other societies manage this well, there's no reason why ours should not. In the matter of socializing unruly youth, we find success in societies - some poor, some not so poor - that are highly...