Who is Deputy District Attorney Peggy Beckstrand from No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court and what is their importance? No_Matter_How_Loud_I_Shout English & Literature Deputy District Attorney Peggy Beckstrand | No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court

Peggy Beckstrand served as deputy district attorney in Los Angeles County in No Matter How Loud I Shout and handled solely juvenile cases. Beckstrand represented victims and as such usually had a no nonsense and merciless attitude towards perpetrators on behalf of their victims. Beckstrand, however, was deeply stressed and frustrated by her job. Court procedures were often poorly organized, cases were quickly tried in unjust ways, criminal teenagers got away with major crimes and her office was routinely understaffed and deeply disorganized. At several points in the book, Beckstrand flirts with quitting and going back to adult court.