Bad Kids : Race and the Transformation of the Juvenile Court
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Item type | Current location | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Electronic Book | UT Tyler Online Online | HV9104 .F43 1999eb (Browse shelf) | http://uttyler.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=271042 | Available | EBL271042 |
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
EIGHT: Abolish the Juvenile Court: Sentencing Policy When the Child Is a Criminal and the Criminal Is a ChildEpilogue; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Z
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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