American juvenile justice / Franklin E. Zimring.
2019
KF9779 .Z567 2019
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Title
American juvenile justice / Franklin E. Zimring.
Edition
Second edition.
Imprint
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Description
xii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Childhood and public law before the revolution
Modern adolescence as a learner's permit
The problem of individual variation
The common thread: diversion in juvenile justice
Penal proportionality for the young offender: notes on immaturity, capacity, and diminished responsibility
The central mission of separate juvenile courts
Kids, groups, and crime: some implications of a well-known secret
Two patterns of age progression in adolescent crime
American youth violence: a cautionary tale
Sex offender registration and community notification: how should juvenile courts respond?
Juvenile or criminal court?: a punitive theory of waiver
Reducing the harms of minority overrepresentation in American juvenile justice
Choosing a coherent policy toward juveniles and guns
The hardest of the hard cases: the young homicide offender
On strategy and tactics in juvenile justice reform.
Modern adolescence as a learner's permit
The problem of individual variation
The common thread: diversion in juvenile justice
Penal proportionality for the young offender: notes on immaturity, capacity, and diminished responsibility
The central mission of separate juvenile courts
Kids, groups, and crime: some implications of a well-known secret
Two patterns of age progression in adolescent crime
American youth violence: a cautionary tale
Sex offender registration and community notification: how should juvenile courts respond?
Juvenile or criminal court?: a punitive theory of waiver
Reducing the harms of minority overrepresentation in American juvenile justice
Choosing a coherent policy toward juveniles and guns
The hardest of the hard cases: the young homicide offender
On strategy and tactics in juvenile justice reform.
Summary
"American Juvenile Justice is a definitive volume for courses on the criminology and policy analysis of adolescence. The focus is on the principles and policy of a separate and distinct system of juvenile justice. The book opens with an introduction on the creation of adolescence, presenting a justification for the category of the juvenile or a period of partial responsibility before full adulthood. Subsequent sections include empirical investigations on the nature of youth criminality and legal policy toward youth crime. At the heart of the book is an argument for a penal policy that recognizes diminished responsibility and a youth policy that emphasizes the benefits of letting the maturing process continue with minimal interruption. In this updated and expanded second edition, Zimring has included four new chapters with examinations on important topics, including US Supreme Court decisions of life sentences for minors, the elected use of juvenile courts over criminal court, punitive sex offender registration for juveniles, and appropriate tactics for juvenile justice reform." -- back cover.
Note
Earlier edition: 2005.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Course Lists
Juvenile Justice by Zimring (FALL 2021)
Call Number
KF9779 .Z567 2019
Language
English
ISBN
9780190914264 (hardcover)
0190914262
9780190914288 (epub)
0190914262
9780190914288 (epub)
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