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Pages: 256, Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan

Still the "Best Place to Conquer Girls": Girls and the Juvenile Justice System p. 115

Fully focused on the important issues, emerging trends, contemporary research, and special challenges facing juvenile justice today, this comprehensive exploration of the American juvenile justice system covers the history and philosophy of juvenile justice, the current practices for processing youthful offenders, the detention of juveniles, and the diversion of youth from the juvenile justice system. Unique in its approach, it gives students an " up-close and personal" view of the fascinating and...

The book begins with an overview of the juvenile justice system, with a special emphasis on the challenges facing juvenile justice in the twenty-first century. Chapter 2 presents an empirical profile on youth crime, derived from the main official and unofficial measurements of crime. Chapter 3 discusses the role of the police in preventing and controlling youth crime. Chapters 4 and 5 are concerned with the background, legal norms, stages of decision making, trial process, and personnel of the juvenile...

Early America is known for its harsh treatment of young people, most notably, the stubborn child laws, which authorized use of the death penalty for children who defied their parents. Yet, even then, many people held more nurturing attitudes toward youth. Thus originated the mixed messages in the U.S. regarding juvenile delinquency and the hodgepodge of approaches that follow. The establishment of the juvenile justice system, founded on the concept of parens patriae, or the state as parent, would...

ISBN-10: 1577665236 ISBN-13: 9781577665236. Edition: .

This 14 page paper examines the criminal justice system in general, the problems with the prison system, and the problem with how justice is meted out. The unfairness of treating juveniles as adults is emphasized. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

Pages: 120, Paperback, Prentice Hall

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