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The evolution of the juvenile court : race, politics, and the criminalizing of juvenile justice /

"The juvenile court lies at the intersection of youth policy and crime policy. Its institutional practices reflect our changing ideas about children and crime control. [This book] provides a sweeping overview of the American juvenile justice system's development and change over the past ce...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Feld, Barry C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2017]
Series:Youth, crime, and justice series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The progressive juvenile court
  • The due process revolution and the juvenile court
  • The get tough era I : structural change and youth crime
  • The get tough era II : politics of race and crime
  • The kid is a criminal : transfer and delinquency sanctions
  • The girl is a criminal : the impact of get tough policies on girls
  • The student is a criminal : get tough policies and the school-to-prison pipeline
  • The criminal is a kid : adolescents' diminished culpability
  • The defendant is a kid : adolescents' competence to exercise procedural rights
  • Epilogue : opportunities and obstacles.