Child Committed Criminal Offenses

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Armstrong, Louis Daniel, Gardiner, Wira, McQueen, Steve, Morrissey, Neil, Transportees, Tyson, Mike G., X, Malcolm,

Armstrong, Louis Daniel

Armstrong's parents separated about the time he was born and he was raised in great poverty, first by his grandmother and then by his mother, with his sister. His education ended in the fif... [more]

Gardiner, Wira

Gardiner is the third of 18 children. After a "juvenile raid" on a department store in Rotorua he was made a ward of court at the age of 10 and put into his grandparents' custody ... [more]

McQueen, Steve

Steve McQueen's father abandoned the family in Indiana when he was less than a year old. His mother then gave him into the care of an uncle, a farmer in Missouri, where he lived until he wa... [more]

Morrissey, Neil

Morrissey and his brother Stephen were taken into care as boys after several incidents of shoplifting. They remained in contact with their family, but Neil soon became involved in children'... [more]

Transportees

For many years from 1597 the British government exported its criminals, including some children, to its colonies as exiles, as an alternative to imprisonment or hanging. Even children convi... [more]

Tyson, Mike G.

Tyson, the youngest of three children, was born into a poor African-American family in Brooklyn, New York. His father never was a significant part of his life, and both his parents died bef... [more]

X, Malcolm

Malcolm Little was born in the American South. His father, a Christian minister, was murdered by white racists in 1931. Several years later, because of their great poverty, and her mental i... [more]