race and the transformation of the juvenile court /
Barry C. Feld.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1999.
1 online resource (xv, 374 pages).
Studies in crime and public policy.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-365) and index.
Figures and Tables; Introduction; ONE: The Social Construction of Childhood and Adolescence; TWO: The Juvenile Court and the "Rehabilitative Ideal"; THREE: The Constitutional Domestication of the Juvenile Court; FOUR: Procedural Justice in Juvenile Courts: Law on the Books and Law in Action; FIVE: Social Control and Noncriminal Status Offenders: Triage and Privatization; SIX: Delinquent or Criminal? Juvenile Courts' Shrinking Jurisdiction over Serious Young Offenders; SEVEN: Punishment, Treatment, and the Juvenile Court: Sentencing Delinquents.
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An examination of the social and legal changes that have transformed the juvenile court since the 1970s. The book explores the complex relationship between race and youth crime to explain both Supreme Court decisions and a political impetus to "get tough" on young offenders.
Bad kids.
Discrimination in juvenile justice administration-- United States.
Juvenile courts-- United States.
Juvenile justice, Administration of-- United States.
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pour mineurs-- États-Unis.
Justice pour mineurs-- Administration-- États-Unis.
Tribunaux pour enfants et adolescents-- États-Unis.
Discrimination in juvenile justice administration.