Autore |
Simkins Sandra <1965->
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Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2009
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Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (233 p.)
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Disciplina |
345.73/08
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Soggetto topico |
Juvenile justice, Administration of - United States
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ISBN |
1-280-49250-3
9786613587732
0-8135-4818-7
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Formato |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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Nota di contenuto |
Overview of the juvenile court -- Interrogation : what the police don't what you to know -- Arrest -- The detention hearing : will they keep the child in custody until trial? -- Pretrial issues : what to do between the detention hearing and the trial -- Should the child take a deal or go to trial? -- Will the juvenile record go away when the child becomes an adult? -- Disposition hearing (sentencing) : asking the court to provide the services the child needs -- How to succeed on probation -- When the child is sent to residential placement -- Transferring children to adult criminal court -- School search issues -- When children get suspended or expelled : school discipline and zero-tolerance policies -- Special education issues -- Does race matter? -- Children with mental health issues -- Institutional abuse : is the child in danger? -- The special needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth -- The special needs of girls -- When the child is charged with a sexual offense.
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Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809447403321 |