Reviewing “Throwaway Kids: Reforming Oklahoma’s Juvenile Justice System”
News Staff
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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A book about Oklahoma’s dark past in the treatment of vulnerable children, though nonfiction, almost reads like a legal thriller. In “Throwaway Kids: Reforming Oklahoma’s Juvenile Justice System,” authors Terry Smith and Bob Burke tell the story of children in the 1970s who suffered violence in overcrowded and poorly staffed state-run facilities.