Also by Maia Szalavitz Los Angeles Press Club nominates Maia Szalavits as a 2008 Southern California Journalism Awards Finalist Click Here for more info. " Righteous Reading " --Andrew Vachss Rave Reviews!! Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families Inside the "Troubled-Teen Industry" Book review by Steve Weinberg Published Jan. 17, 2006 "Szalavitz is a talented, relentless investigator. Her outrage surfaces frequently as children die, as once loving families are atomized, and as troubled-teen industr
"A piercing, incisive look at an out of control industry that puts profits ahead of children and wreaks havoc on families. The violence of the Tough Love credo that has dominated youth rehabilitation for decades will shock you to rage and tears. A must read for anyone concerned with the welfare of our children today." -- Stephen Elliott, former ward of the state and author of Happy Baby and A Life Without Consequences.
How much of the industry that provides residential drug treatment for teenagers consists of institutionalized child abuse? I don't know, but Maia Szalavitz makes a strong case that the answer is 'too much of it,' and that no system is now in place to detect and remedy those abuses." -- Mark Kleiman, Director, Drug Policy Analysis Program, University of California-Los Angeles