Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-220) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Imagining a children's court -- Building a model court -- Preserving the family -- Legitimating juvenile justice -- Medicalizing delinquency -- Organizing the community.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Faith in childhood, and its corollary that separate courts are required for children because they are developmentally different from adults, appears to be vanishing in the USA. This book examines one of America's most influential legal inventions and its future.
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Title
Juvenile justice in the making.
International Standard Book Number
0195160452
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Juvenile courts-- United States-- History.
Juvenile justice, Administration of-- United States-- History.