This concept allows the state to intercede and act as a parent to juveniles. The state can make decisions about schooling, shelter, and anything else a parent would.

This Assistant District Attorney for New YOrk has the formidable task of proving without any reasonable doubt that the defendant Steve Harmon is guilty of murder.

The detective dresses much like Steve, and shares his same race.

It was in this year that the Supreme Court decided to outlaw the death penalty for juveniles.

Kathy O'Brien is very concerned about the jury being prejudiced against her client and wants to ensure that he is given a fair trial. According to O'Brien, the wonder and beauty of the American system of justice is that everyone is...

In a Flashback, Steve and his brother Jerry wanted to be this dynamic duo.

Some of the alternatives to jail that exist for juveniles who have a committed a crime.

By questioning his ability to determine if someone is alive or dead, Asa Briggs was able to discredit this witness very easily because he is not a medical doctor.

Although Steve Harmon did not fear this man any longer, he was still fearful that people would clump them together as they were co-defendants.

Although the number of juveniles that have been executed is low in relation to the number of adults executed, the number is still high at this number.

The lawyer that represents the person charged with a crime, responsible for proving a defendant not guilty is called this.

This item of bedding may provide warmth on a chilly night for some, but for Steve Harmon, it may have symbolized home.

Prejudice and racism may be prevalent in all aspects of American society, but this race makes up the highest percentage of people executed by the death penalty.

The lawyer whose responsibility is to prosecute the defendants in a trial, and works for the state is called this.

While Steve's journal entries are obviously written from his First Person POV, the rest of the novel Monster is written from this narrative perspective.