This book offers an ethnographic examination of the young people who serve voluntarily at a juvenile diversion program and adds thick description of young people's experiences learning about crime, delinquency, justice, and law.

"Sign Me Up!": Recruiting Kids for the Red Hook Youth Court: An Introduction, 1. A Typical RHYC Training Schedule, 2. Week I: What to do When Stopped by the Police Workshop, 3. Week I: Welcome and Introduction to the Red Hook Youth Court and Understanding the Youth Court/Restorative Justice, 4. Week II: Offenses, Consequences, and Sanctions, 5. Week II: Understanding the Youth Offender, 6. Week III: Critical Thinking, 7. Week III: Objectivity, 8. Week IV: Precision Questioning/Courtroom Demeanor, 9. Week IV: Roles of the Court, 10. Week V: Judge and Bailiff, 11. Week V: Community Advocate Opening Statements, 12. Week VI: Community Advocate Closing Statements, 13. Week VI: Pre-Hearing Interview/Youth Advocate Opening and Closing Statements, 14. Week VII: Youth Advocate Closing Statements (Continued), 15. Week VII: Customer Service, 16. (A) Conclusion (of Sorts), Postscript: Drifts, Drift and Chronicles