1st Edition

The Juvenile Court System Social Action and Legal Change

By Edwin Lemert Copyright 1970
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

This volume is based on a detailed analysis of change in the law and in the administration of justice affecting juvenile off enders in California in the fifties and sixties. It addresses how procedural law develops on a long-term basis and under what conditions. It also examines the processes by which revolutionary changes occur in law and the extent to which social change can be directed or... Read more
Preface Introduction 2. The First Revolution and Normal Law 3. The Transformation of Informal Justice 4. Anomalies, Issues and Social Action 5. Resistance and Communication of the Paradigm 6. Adaptations and Normal Law 7. The Logic of Revolution by Law 8. Postscript on Juvenile Justice Index

Biography

Edwin Lemert