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.