| Bad Kids: Race and the Transformation of the Juvenile Court Contributor(s): Feld, Barry C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195097874 ISBN-13: 9780195097870 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $202.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1999 Annotation: Written by a leading scholar of juvenile justice, this book examines the social and legal changes that have transformed the juvenile court in the last three decades from a nominally rehabilitative welfare agency into a scaled-down criminal court for young offenders. It explores the complex relationship between race and youth crime to explain both the Supreme Court decisions to provide delinquents with procedural justice and the more recent political impetus to "get tough" on young offenders. This provocative book will be necessary reading for criminal and juvenile justice scholars, sociologists, legislators, and juvenile justice personnel. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Minority Studies - Law | Criminal Procedure |
| Dewey: 364.360 |
| LCCN: 98007271 |
| Lexile Measure: 1580 |
| Series: Studies in Crime and Public Policy (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.28" H x 6.43" W x 9.49" (1.50 lbs) 392 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written by a leading scholar of juvenile justice, this book examines the social and legal changes that have transformed the juvenile court in the last three decades from a nominally rehabilitative welfare agency into a scaled-down criminal court for young offenders. It explores the complex relationship between race and youth crime to explain both the Supreme Court decisions to provide delinquents with procedural justice and the more recent political impetus to get tough on young offenders. This provocative book will be necessary reading for criminal and juvenile justice scholars, sociologists, legislators, and juvenile justice personnel. |
