Recriminalizing Delinquency - Violent Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice Reform

Zusammenfassung Recriminalizing Delinquency presents a case study of legislation that redefines previous acts of delinquency as crimes! and delinquents as juvenile offenders. It examines one state's use of waiver legislation that transfers jurisdiction over juveniles accused of violent crime to criminal court. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Recriminalizing violent juvenile crime; 2. Taking stock of juvenile justice reforms; 3. Recriminalization on the move and its legal rules; 4. Contextual and legal reasons for identifying juveniles as criminal offenders; 5. The case processing of juvenile offenders: from arrest to disposition; 6. Recriminalization and organizing for deterrence; 7. Convicted juvenile offenders in a maximum security institution; 8. Concluding 'real' reasons for recriminalizing delinquency; Appendices; Notes.

Product details

• Authors: Simon I. Singer, Simon I. (State University of New York Singer
• Assisted by: Alfred Blumstein (Editor), David P. Farrington (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.11.1997
• EAN: 9780521629201
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62920-1
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Cambridge Criminology
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education