A return to justice : rethinking our approach to juveniles in the system /

"Juveniles who commit crimes often find themselves in court systems that do not account for their young age, but it wasn't always this way. The original aim of a separate juvenile justice system was to treat young offenders as the children they were, considering their unique child status a...

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Main Author: Nellis, Ashley (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Visions for juvenile justice
  • Improving safeguards
  • Race-based reactions to the rise in youth violence
  • From rehabilitation to retribution
  • Collateral consequences of youth encounters with the law
  • Shifting climate for reform
  • Policing America's schools
  • Impediments to sustainable reform.