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American Juvenile Justice is a definitive volume for courses on the criminology and policy analysis of adolescence. The focus is on the principles and policy of a separate and distinct system of juvenile justice. The book opens with an introduction of the creation of adolescence, presenting a justification for the category of the juvenile or a period of partial responsibility before full adulthood. Subsequent sections include empirical investigations of the nature of youth criminality and legal policy toward youth crime. At the heart of the book is an argument for a penal policy that recognizes diminished responsibility and a youth policy that emphasizes the benefits of letting the maturing process continue with minimal interruption. In this updated and expanded second edition, Zimring has included four new chapters with examinations on important topics including, US Supreme Court decisions of life sentences for minors, the elected use of juvenile courts over criminal court, punitive sex offender registration for juveniles, and appropriate tactics for juvenile justice reform.

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Author:   Franklin E. Zimring
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.502kg
ISBN:  

9780195181166

ISBN 10:   0195181166
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   03 November 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I Adolescence: Social Facts and Legal Theory one Childhood and Public Law before the Revolution two Modern Adolescence as a Learner's Permit three The Problem of Individual Variation Conclusion to Part I Part II - A Rationale for American Juvenile Justice four The Common Thread: Diversion in Juvenile Justice five Penal Proportionality for the Young Offender: Notes on Immaturity, Capacity, and Diminished Responsibility six The Central Mission of Separate Juvenile Courts Part III - The Adolescent Offender seven Kids, Groups and Crime eight Two Patterns of Age Progression nine American Youth Violence-A Cautionary Tale Part IV - Policy Problems in Modern Juvenile Justice ten Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification-How Should Juvenile Courts Respond? eleven Juvenile or Criminal Court? A Punitive Theory of Waiver twelve Reducing the Harms of Minority Overrepresentation in American Juvenile Justice thirteen Choosing a Coherent Policy toward Juveniles and Guns fourteen The Hardest of the Hard Cases: The Young Homicide Offender fifteen Strategy and Tactics in Juvenile Justice Reform Notes and References Index

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Franklin E. Zimring is the William G. Simon Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author or co-author of many books on topics including deterrence, the changing legal world of adolescence, capital punishment, the scale of imprisonment, and drug control. His books include The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment (voted a Book of the Year by the Economist), When Police Kill, and The City That Became Safe.

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