Bad kids : race and the transformation of the juvenile court / Barry C. Feld.

By:

Feld, Barry C

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in crime and public policyPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 374 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

1602560587
9781602560581
9780195097870
0195097874
9780195097887
0195097882
1423758838
9781423758839
1280451432
9781280451430
9786610451432
6610451435

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Bad kids.DDC classification:

364.36/0973 21

LOC classification:

HV9104 .F43 1999eb

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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.

Awards:

American Society of Criminology Michael J. Hindelang Award, 2002.

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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-365) and index.

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.