Keywords:
Juvenile justice, Administration of ; United States
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Juvenile delinquency ; United States
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
This is a hopeful but complicated era for those with ambitions to reform the juvenile courts and youth-serving public institutions in the United States. As advocates plea for major reforms, many fear the public backlash in making dramatic changes. Choosing the Future for American Juvenile Justice provides a look at the recent trends in juvenile justice as well as suggestions for reforms and policy changes in the future. Should youth be treated as adults when they break the law? How can youth be deterred from crime? What factors should be considered in how youth are punished?What role should
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (257 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781479816873
Series Statement:
Youth, Crime, and Justice
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1657766
DDC:
364.360973
Language:
English
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I: THE LEGACY OF THE 1990S; 1 American Youth Violence: A Cautionary Tale; 2 The Power Politics of Juvenile Court Transfer in the 1990s; PART II: NEW BORDERLANDS FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE; 3 Juvenile Sexual Offenders; 4 The School-to-Prison Pipeline: Rhetoric and Reality; 5 Education behind Bars?: The Promise of the Maya Angelou Academy; 6 A Tale of Two Systems: Juvenile Justice System Choices and Their Impact on Young Immigrants; 7 Juvenile Criminal Record Confidentiality; 8 Minority Overrepresentation: On Causes and Partial Cures
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PART III: MAKING CHANGE HAPPEN9 The Once and Future Juvenile Brain; 10 On Strategy and Tactics for Contemporary Reforms; About the Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
