Judging Juveniles : Prosecuting Adolescents in Adult and Juvenile Courts.

Judging Juveniles : Prosecuting Adolescents in Adult and Juvenile Courts.

2007 Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award presented by the American Society of Criminology. 2007 American Society of Criminology Michael J. Hindelang Award for the Most Outstanding Contribution to Research in Criminology. By comparing how adolescents are prosecuted and punished in juvenile and crim...

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Main Author: Kupchik, Aaron
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2006.
Series:New Perspectives on Crime, Deviance, and Law Series.
Subjects:
Juvenile delinquents > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Juvenile justice, Administration of > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of
Juvenile delinquents
Juvenile justice, Administration of
United States
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Summary:2007 Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award presented by the American Society of Criminology. 2007 American Society of Criminology Michael J. Hindelang Award for the Most Outstanding Contribution to Research in Criminology. By comparing how adolescents are prosecuted and punished in juvenile and criminal (adult) courts, Aaron Kupchik finds that prosecuting adolescents in criminal court does not fit with our cultural understandings of youthfulness. As a result, adolescents who are transferred to criminal courts are still judged as juveniles. Ultimately, Kupchik makes a compelling argument for th.
Physical Description:1 online resource (221 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780814748725
0814748724
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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