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American Juvenile Justice
Franklin E. Zimring
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Description for American Juvenile Justice
paperback. Suitable for courses on the criminology and policy analysis of adolescence, this book focuses on the principles and policy of a distinct system of juvenile justice. It opens with an introduction of the creation of adolescence, presenting a justification for the category of the juvenile or a period of partial responsibility before full adulthood. Num Pages: 264 pages, Numerous tables and line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVQ2; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
American Juvenile Justice is a definitive volume for courses on the criminology and policy analysis of adolescence. The focus is on the principles and policy of a separate and distinct system of juvenile justice. The book opens with an introduction of the creation of adolescence, presenting a justification for the category of the juvenile or a period of partial responsibility before full adulthood. Subsequent sections include empirical investigations of the nature of youth criminality and legal policy toward youth crime. At the heart of the book is an argument for a penal policy that recognizes diminished responsibility and a youth ... Read more
American Juvenile Justice is a definitive volume for courses on the criminology and policy analysis of adolescence. The focus is on the principles and policy of a separate and distinct system of juvenile justice. The book opens with an introduction of the creation of adolescence, presenting a justification for the category of the juvenile or a period of partial responsibility before full adulthood. Subsequent sections include empirical investigations of the nature of youth criminality and legal policy toward youth crime. At the heart of the book is an argument for a penal policy that recognizes diminished responsibility and a youth ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195181173
SKU
V9780195181173
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99-6
About Franklin E. Zimring
Franklin E. Zimring is the William G. Simon Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author or co-author of many books on topics including deterrence, the changing legal world of adolescence, capital punishment, the scale of imprisonment, and drug control. Recent books include The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment (voted a Book of the Year ... Read more
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