Screwing the System and Making it Work - Juvenile Justice in the No-Fault Society

Who is responsible for juvenile delinquency? Mark D. Jacobs uses ethnographic, statistical, and literary methods to uncover the many levels of disorganization in American juvenile justice. By analyzing the continuities betwen normal casework and exceptional cases, he reveals that probation officers must commonly contrive informal measures to circumvent a system which routinely obstructs the delivery of services to their clients. Jacobs defines the concept of the "no-fault society" to describe the larger context of societal disorder and interpersonal manipulation that the juvenile justice system at once reflects and exacerbates.

Product details

• Authors: Mark D. Jacobs, Mark D. (George Mason University) Jacobs, Jacobs Mark D.
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.1993
• EAN: 9780226389813
• ISBN: 978-0-226-38981-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Juvenile Justice in the No-Fau
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; USA, LAW / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, United States of America, USA, Child welfare, Crime and criminology, Penology and punishment, Penology & punishment, Child welfare and youth services, Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law, Laws Of Specific Jurisdictions, Criminal law: procedure and offences