Judging Juveniles : Prosecuting Adolescents in Adult and Juvenile Courts.
Title:
Judging Juveniles : Prosecuting Adolescents in Adult and Juvenile Courts.
Author:
Kupchik, Aaron.
ISBN:
9780814748725
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (221 pages)
Series:
New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law
Contents:
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.
Abstract:
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 the suitability of juvenile courts in treating adolescents. Judging Juveniles suggests that justice would be better served if adolescents were handled by the system designed to address their special needs.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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