03100nam 22007094a 450 991045896760332120200520144314.01-282-50585-897866125058500-226-98359-510.7208/9780226983592(CKB)2670000000009709(EBL)488092(OCoLC)593295581(SSID)ssj0000334618(PQKBManifestationID)11254831(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000334618(PQKBWorkID)10259758(PQKB)11126251(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122564(MiAaPQ)EBC488092(DE-B1597)524440(OCoLC)1058459536(DE-B1597)9780226983592(Au-PeEL)EBL488092(CaPaEBR)ebr10366806(CaONFJC)MIL250585(EXLCZ)99267000000000970920030806d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAn American travesty[electronic resource] legal responses to adolescent sexual offending /Franklin E. Zimring ; foreword by Francis A. AllenChicago University of Chicago Press20041 online resource (212 p.)Adolescent development and legal policyDescription based upon print version of record.0-226-98358-7 0-226-98357-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-188) and index.Three case studies -- Continuity and change in American sex-crime policy -- The juvenile sex-offender -- The emergence of juvenile sex offender treatment -- The sex offender in juvenile court -- Reform in juvenile court -- Registration, community notification, and juvenile sex offenders.An American Travesty is the first scholarly book in half a century to analyze the justice system's response to sexual misconduct by children and adolescents in the United States. Writing with a refreshing dose of common sense, Franklin E. Zimring discusses our society's failure to consider the developmental status of adolescent sex offenders. Too often, he argues, the American legal system ignores age and developmental status when adjudicating young sexual offenders, in many cases responding as they would to an adult. "An opinionated, articulate, and forceful Adolescent development and legal policy.Teenage sex offendersLegal status, laws, etcUnited StatesSex crimesUnited StatesJuvenile courtsUnited StatesElectronic books.Teenage sex offendersLegal status, laws, etc.Sex crimesJuvenile courts364.15/3/08350973Zimring Franklin E472956Allen Francis A102566MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458967603321An American travesty2055561UNINA