Judging children as children : a proposal for a juvenile justice system /

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At a time when America's court system increasingly tries juvenile offenders as adults, the author draws directly from his experience as the founding judge of a special juvenile court to propose a new approach to dealing with youthful offenders. Its guiding principles, clearly laid out in this b...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Corriero, Michael A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Juvenile justice, Administration of > United States.
Juvenile corrections > United States.
Justice pour mineurs > Administration > États-Unis.
Services correctionnels pour mineurs > États-Unis.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Juvenile corrections
Juvenile justice, Administration of
Jugendstrafrecht
Jugendgerichtsbarkeit
Reform
Barndomstolar > Förenta staterna.
Ungdomsbrottslighet > Förenta staterna.
United States
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The proposition
  • The nature of adolescence
  • The criminal responsibility of juveniles
  • Sentencing children tried in adult courts
  • Our hardest to love children
  • Interactive justice
  • Fridays in the Youth Part / Caroline Joy DeBrovner
  • The experiment that failed
  • Creation of the Youth Part
  • The Youth Part model
  • A model juvenile justice system
  • Juvenile justice policy reform.

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