Show Title: "America's Safest City: Delinquency and Modernity in Suburbia"
Show Guest: Simon I. Singer
Since the mid-1990s, the fast-growing suburb of Amherst, NY has been voted by numerous publications as one of
the safest places to live in America. Yet, like many of America's seemingly idyllic suburbs, Amherst is by no
means without crime-especially when it comes to adolescents. In America's Safest City, noted juvenile justice
scholar Simon I. Singer analyzes the circumstances that did or did not lead juveniles to deviance and serious
troubles. Don't miss this startling interview as Amercia's Safest City describes on how parents, teachers,
coaches and officials can recognize a teen's need for ongoing sources of trust and empathy, allowing them to
become what Singer terms 'relationally modern' individuals better equipped to deal with the trials and
tribulations of modern life.
