Trauma and Delinquency

Published: Jan. 24, 2009, 12:30 p.m.

We hear a lot about the stress that kids are under today--too many\nactivities, too much pressure to get into college, but what kind of\nstress does it cause if you're a kid who's abused, or who's a witness\nto violence, or whose parents are heavy drug users? We speak with\nFordham social work professor Tina Maschi about teenagers in the\njustice system, what they've been through, and what we can do to better\ndeal with the situation.