Judging Juveniles - Prosecuting Adolescents in Adult And Juvenile Courts

Informationen zum Autor Aaron Kupchik Klappentext 2007 Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award presented by the American Society of Criminology 2007 American Society of Criminology Michael J. Hindelang Award for the Most Outstanding Contribution to Research in Criminology By comparing how adolescents are prosecuted and punished in juvenile and criminal (adult) courts, Aaron Kupchik finds that prosecuting adolescents in criminal court does not fit with our cultural understandings of youthfulness. As a result, adolescents who are transferred to criminal courts are still judged as juveniles. Ultimately, Kupchik makes a compelling argument for the suitability of juvenile courts in treating adolescents. Judging Juveniles suggests that justice would be better served if adolescents were handled by the system designed to address their special needs. Zusammenfassung By comparing how adolescents are prosecuted and punished in juvenile and criminal courts! this work finds that prosecuting adolescents in criminal court does not fit with out cultural understandings of youthfulness. It suggests that justice would be better served if adolescents were handled by the system designed to address their special needs.

Product details

• Authors: Aaron Kupchik
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.11.2006
• EAN: 9780814747742
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-4774-2
• No. of pages: 209
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Series: New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law; New Perspectives in Crime, Dev; New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law; New Perspectives in Crime, Dev
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories