Burning Down the House : the End of Juvenile Prison.

When teenagers scuffle during a basketball game, they are typically benched. But when Will got into it on the court, he and his rival were sprayed in the face at close range by a chemical similar to Mace, denied a shower for twenty-four hours, and then locked in solitary confinement for a month. One...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bernstein, Nell
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New Press, The, 2014.
Subjects:
Juvenile justice, Administration of > United States.
Juvenile delinquency > United States.
Juvenile courts > United States.
Délinquance juvénile > États-Unis.
Tribunaux pour enfants et adolescents > États-Unis.
Juvenile courts
Juvenile delinquency
Juvenile justice, Administration of
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Author's Note; Prelude; Introduction; 1 inside Juvenile Prison; 2 Birth of An Abomination; 3 Other People's Children; 4 The Rise of the Super-Predator; 5 The Fist and The Boot; 6 An Open Secret; 7 The Hole; 8 "Hurt People Hurt People"; 9 The Things They Carry; 10 A New Wave of Reform; 11 A Better Mousetrap; 12 Only Connect; 13 Connection In Action; 14 The Real Recidivism Problem; 15 Against Reform; Acknowledgments; Notes

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