Books : Youth on Trial: A Developmental Perspective on Juvenile Justice (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and De)
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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 150
EAN num: 9780226309132
ISBN number: 0226309134
Label: University Of Chicago Press
Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 472
Printing Date: September 01, 2003
Publishing house: University Of Chicago Press
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In Youth on Trial, a wide range of leaders in developmental psychology and law combine their expertise to investigate the limitations of our youth policy—including the problematic trend of trying alleged juvenile criminals as adults.
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Read this book. Change the system.
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For anyone interested in how courts deal with juvenile crime, and for anyone who thinks there must be a better way, read this book. Drawing upon the simple, yet profound idea that children do not turn into adults on a single day, the authors elaborate on the deficiencies of a legal system that is, in fact, largely based upon just that notion. The chapters help us to envision a legal system that would see adolescent development as a gradual and continuous process, and that would not allow prosecutorial ambition alone to determine which young offenders should be held criminally responsible for their actions.
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