Who’s to Blame? Juvenile Delinquency It was a crime that shocked Chicago, that seemingly unshockable city - the murder of 11 year-old Ryan Harris in fall 1998, who had been bashed on the head with a rock, dragged into the bushes and sexually assaulted (Adler and Annin 28). We’re used to seeing greed, jealousy and dashed hopes turn adults into murderers. But why would boys of 7 and 8 boldly murder one of their piers? How could such …showed first 75 words of 1608 total…

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