The author carefully and provocatively attempts to answer the most important questions facing criminologists and policy makers today.

G. David Curry, Professor, Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of Missouri-St. Louis

If you want to see how the pigs keep the Black man down, read this book

You read this book and leave feeling manipulated and unsure of the author. The author describes his own...escapades and how everyone in the entire world was against him. He had a great idea, and I am very glad that he was able to succeed in removing the institutions in Maryland. However, no one can be as inept as he describes himself and still succeed. Read between the lines and his manipulation is very apparent, and you can begin to see just how he ticked so many people off. The book is self-serving and at times incoherent.

Dr. Miller's perspective of the events surrounding the reform of juvenile justice in the Commonwealth amplifies the complications that politics have on doing the right things for the right reasons. His description of the criminality of institutions shows the side of "justice" that is not often seen - his style of writing is engaging and incisive, with no apologies for calling it as he sees it. I heartily recommend this book for anyone wishing to gain insight into juvenile justice issues within a political framework.