| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910141829403321 |
|
|
Titolo |
Juvenile justice / / David Haugen and Susan Musser, book editors |
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Detroit : , : Greenhaven Press, , 2013 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (175 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Juvenile justice, Administration of - United States |
Teenagers - Legal status, laws, etc - United States |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-166) and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Reforming juvenile justice / Barry Krisberg -- Juvenile offenders must be granted due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment : the Supreme Court's decision / Abe Fortas -- Juvenile criminal proceedings should restore focus on minors' due process rights by returning to standards set in In re Gault / Benjamine E. Friedman -- Neither the Sixth nor Fourteenth Amendment guarantees a juvenile offender the right to a trial by jury : the Supreme Court's decision / Harry Blackman -- The withholding of jury trials from juvenile offenders is outdated in a more punitive juvenile justice system / Katherine Hunt Federle -- Juveniles should be tried as adults when they have committed violent crimes / Linda J. Collier -- Juveniles should not be tried or sentenced as adults / Patrick T. McCormick -- The mother of a son incarcerated in an adult prison tells why the system fails young people : personal narrative / Tracey McClard -- Rates of juvenile incarceration should be reduced / Richard A. Mendel -- A woman who spent time in a youth detention facility recounts the poor treatment she received there : personal narrative / Rachel Carrin -- Juveniles should not be exempted from the death penalty as a group, but judged on an individual basis / Dan Cutrer -- Sentencing a juvenile offender to the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments : the Supreme Court's decision / Anthony Kennedy -- Minors should be sentenced to life in prison without parole under certain circumstances / Scott D. Makar -- It Is unconstitutional to sentence minors to life in prison without parole for crimes less than homicide : the Supreme Court's decision / Anthony |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kennedy -- A prisoner explains how he has grown to understand the significance of crime : personal narrative / James Earl Jackson -- A mother of a murder victim argues that minors should not be sentenced to life without parole : personal narrative / Linda L. White -- The sister of a murder victim urges legislators not to abolish the life without parole sentence for juvenile murderers : personal narrative / Bobbi Jamriska. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
Examines a broad range of perceived or actual legal rights and freedoms that impact the lives of young American teens. This volume traces the history of the juvenile justice system, focusing on continued positive changes to ensure that the system benefits both offenders and society. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |