| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 374 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in crime and public policy.
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Studies in crime and public policy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-365) and index. |
| Contents |
Figures and Tables; Introduction; ONE: The Social Construction of Childhood and Adolescence; TWO: The Juvenile Court and the "Rehabilitative Ideal"; THREE: The Constitutional Domestication of the Juvenile Court; FOUR: Procedural Justice in Juvenile Courts: Law on the Books and Law in Action; FIVE: Social Control and Noncriminal Status Offenders: Triage and Privatization; SIX: Delinquent or Criminal? Juvenile Courts' Shrinking Jurisdiction over Serious Young Offenders; SEVEN: Punishment, Treatment, and the Juvenile Court: Sentencing Delinquents. |
| Summary |
An examination of the social and legal changes that have transformed the juvenile court since the 1970s. The book explores the complex relationship between race and youth crime to explain both Supreme Court decisions and a political impetus to "get tough" on young offenders. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States.
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Juvenile justice, Administration of. |
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United States. |
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Juvenile courts -- United States.
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Juvenile courts. |
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Discrimination in juvenile justice administration -- United States.
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Discrimination in juvenile justice administration. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Computer network resources.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Feld, Barry C. Bad kids. New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 (DLC) 98007271 |
| ISBN |
1602560587 |
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9781602560581 |
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9780195097870 (alkaline paper) |
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0195097874 (alkaline paper) |
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9780195097887 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0195097882 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1423758838 (electronic book) |
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9781423758839 (electronic book) |
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1280451432 |
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9781280451430 |
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0195097874 (alkaline paper) |
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0195097882 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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