Bad Kids: Race and the Transformation of the Juvenile CourtWritten by a leading scholar of juvenile justice, this book examines the social and legal changes that have transformed the juvenile court in the last three decades from a nominally rehabilitative welfare agency into a scaled-down criminal court for young offenders. It explores the complex relationship between race and youth crime to explain both the Supreme Court decisions to provide delinquents with procedural justice and the more recent political impetus to "get tough" on young offenders. This provocative book will be necessary reading for criminal and juvenile justice scholars, sociologists, legislators, and juvenile justice personnel. |
Contents
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The Social Construction of Childhood and Adolescence | 17 |
The Juvenile Court and the Rehabilitative Ideal | 46 |
The Constitutional Domestication of the Juvenile Court | 79 |
Procedural Justice in Juvenile Courts Law on the Books and Law in Action | 109 |
Social Control and Noncriminal Status Offenders Triage and Privatization | 166 |
Delinquent or Criminal? Juvenile Courts Shrinking Jurisdiction over Serious Young Offenders | 189 |
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References to this book
Crime and Coercion: An Integrated Theory of Chronic Criminality Mark Colvin No preview available - 2000 |