race and the transformation of the juvenile court /
First Statement of Responsibility
Barry C. Feld.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1999.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xv, 374 pages).
SERIES
Series Title
Studies in crime and public policy.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-365) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Bad kids.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
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.