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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960692503321

Autore

Corriero Michael A

Titolo

Judging children as children : a proposal for a juvenile justice system / / Michael A. Corriero

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, PA, : Temple University Press, 2006

ISBN

9786612505768

9781282505766

1282505769

9781592137848

1592137849

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Disciplina

345.73/08

Soggetti

Juvenile justice, Administration of - United States

Juvenile corrections - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [184]-203) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The proposition -- The nature of adolescence -- The criminal responsibility of juveniles -- Sentencing children tried in adult courts -- Our hardest to love children -- Interactive justice -- Fridays in the Youth Part / Caroline Joy DeBrovner -- The experiment that failed -- Creation of the Youth Part -- The Youth Part model -- A model juvenile justice system -- Juvenile justice policy reform.

Sommario/riassunto

At a time when America's court system increasingly tries juvenile offenders as adults, Michael Corriero draws directly from his experience as the founding judge of a special juvenile court to propose a new approach to dealing with youthful offenders. Since 1992, Judge Corriero has presided over the Manhattan Youth Part, a New York City court specifically designed to discipline teenage offenders. Its guiding principles, clearly laid out in this book, are that children are developmentally different from adults and that a judge can be a formidable force in shaping the lives of children.