| Courting Kids: Inside an Experimental Youth Court Contributor(s): Barrett, Carla J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814709451 ISBN-13: 9780814709450 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Law | Criminal Law - Juvenile Offenders - Law | Courts - General |
| Dewey: 345.747 |
| LCCN: 2012026194 |
| Series: Alternative Criminology |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 220 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New York |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Despite being labeled as adults, the approximately 200,000 youth under the age of 18 who are now prosecuted as adults each year in criminal court are still adolescents, and the contradiction of their legal labeling creates numerous problems and challenges. In Courting Kids Carla Barrett takes us behind the scenes of a unique judicial experiment called the Manhattan Youth Part, a specialized criminal court set aside for youth prosecuted as adults in New York City. Focusing on the lives of those coming through and working in the courtroom, Barrett's ethnography is a study of a microcosm that reflects the costs, challenges, and consequences the "tough on crime" age has had, especially for male youth of color. She demonstrates how the court, through creative use of judicial discretion and the cultivation of an innovative courtroom culture, developed a set of strategies for handling "adult-juvenile " cases that embraced, rather than denied, defendants' adolescence. |
Contributor Bio(s): Barrett, Carla J.: - Carla J. Barrett is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. |