2nd Edition

Balancing Juvenile Justice

By Susan Guarino-Ghezzi Copyright 2004
234 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

225 Pages
by Routledge

The juvenile justice system in the United States has become a detrimental rather than a remedial experience, one that often reinforces youths' defiance of authority. Trying juveniles as adults, overcrowding juvenile detention facilities, and other factors have led to the deterioration of a system whose original intent was to protect immature youngsters who might get arrested for truancy or... Read more
1: Trends in Philosophy and Politics; 2: State Systems in Juvenile Corrections; 3: Local Reforms in Juvenile Corrections; 4: The Changing Role of the Juvenile Court; 5: Balanced Decision-making in Juvenile Corrections; 6: Developing Effective Juvenile Correctional Systems; 7: Correcting Imbalance in Juvenile Justice

Biography

Susan Guarino-Ghezzi