Bad Kids - Race and the Transformation of the Juvenile Court

Zusatztext "[Barry Feld is] one of the most eloquent, prolific, and influential critics of the America juvenile courts. His work exemplifies thorough socio-legal scholarship through his examinations of juvenile justice policies, juvenile court practices, and the social meanings surrounding the punishment of juveniles... His ides are presented here with clarity and detail...the most coherent and thorough review and analysis of the literature on American juvenile justice- adding, or course, his trademark argument in favor of abolishing the juvenile court." Punishment and Society111 Informationen zum Autor Barry Feld is Centennial Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School. He has written five books and more than three dozen law review and criminology articles on juvenile justice administration with special emphases on serious offenders, procedural justice, and youth sentencing policy. Klappentext Written by a leading scholar of juvenile justice, this book explores the social and legal changes that have transformed the juvenile court in the last three decades from a nominally rehabilitative welfare agency into a scaled-down criminal court for young offenders. It explores the complex relationship between race and youth crime to explain both the Supreme Court decision to provide delinquents with procedural justice and the more recent political impetus to "get tough" on young offenders. This provocative book will be necessary reading for criminal and juvenile justice scholars, sociologists, legislators, and juvenile justice personnel. Zusammenfassung This book explores the social and legal changes that have transformed the juvenile court since the 1970s from a nominally rehabilitative welfare agency into a scaled-down criminal court for young offenders.

Product details

• Authors: Barry C. Feld, Barry C. (Centennial Professor of Law Feld, Feld Barry C.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.1999
• EAN: 9780195097887
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509788-7
• No. of pages: 392
• Series: Studies in Crime and Public Policy; Studies in Crime and Public Po; Studies in Crime and Public Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Criminal law & procedure, LAW / Courts, LAW / Trial Practice, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Juvenile offenders, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Rehabilitation of offenders