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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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Growing Up Quickly; 2 Law and Context; 3 The Process of Prosecuting Adolescents: How Formal?; 4 Judging Adolescents: What Matters?; 5 Punishment for Adolescents:What Do They Get, and Why?; 6 Children in an Adult World; 7 Putting the Genie Back in the Bottle: Lessons for Policy; Appendix: Research Methods; Notes; Index; About the Author.

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