A high school boy makes a habit of stealing cars, picking up girls, and skipping school. When he begins to worry that he is getting into too much trouble, the boy must decide whether to seek help or continue his criminal lifestyle.

The stress of poverty drives a young man to commit a robbery. But when the deal goes south and someone is shot, he must hide from the law at his brother's place.

Compiling notes for an English essay, a sixteen-year-old girl recounts her middle-class upbringing, kleptomania, and eventual coercion into prostitution and assisting with drug use. After she suffers violence and abuse, she is eventually rescued — but the experience traumatizes her.

A seventeen-year-old boy who just got released from reform school tries to prove to everybody that he is a good person. However, he can't control his bad nature.

A man incarcerated for murder navigates his time behind bars and his reintroduction to the world after being released.

A man who has just been released from prison and his criminal father drive around in search of a palm-sized diamond the son had hidden four years earlier.

A man, obsessed with a girl twenty-nine years younger than him, is taken to jail for trying to seduce a minor, and wishes he could find a way to help others understand their relationship.

Three boys navigate their youth in Chicago, but are forced to grow up quickly when they start cooking drugs for money.

A seasoned criminal sets out to rob a shopping mall and ends up running from law enforcement to avoid life in prison.

An eighteen-year-old boy who has recently run away from home is picked up by a friendly couple, but the man who rescued him soon has a big request.