An American travesty [[electronic resource] ] : legal responses to adolescent sexual offending / / Franklin E. Zimring ; foreword by Francis A. Allen

• Autore: Zimring Franklin E
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (212 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.15/3/08350973
• Soggetto topico: Teenage sex offenders - Legal status, laws, etc - United States; Sex crimes - United States; Juvenile courts - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: AllenFrancis A
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-188) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: An American travesty
• ISBN: 1-282-50585-8; 9786612505850; 0-226-98359-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458967603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Adolescent development and legal policy.