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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778298103321

Autore

Kupchik Aaron

Titolo

Judging juveniles [[electronic resource] ] : prosecuting adolescents in adult and juvenile courts / / Aaron Kupchik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8147-4941-0

0-8147-4872-4

1-4294-8609-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Collana

New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series

Disciplina

364.360973

Soggetti

Juvenile justice, Administration of - United States

Criminal justice, Administration of - United States

Juvenile delinquents - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Growing Up Quickly -- 2 Law and Context -- 3 The Process of Prosecuting Adolescents: How Formal? -- 4 Judging Adolescents: What Matters? -- 5 Punishment for Adolescents: What Do They Get, and Why? -- 6 Children in an Adult World -- 7 Putting the Genie Back in the Bottle: Lessons for Policy -- Appendix: Research Methods -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

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.