Judging juveniles : prosecuting adolescents in adult and juvenile courts

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Title:

Judging juveniles : prosecuting adolescents in adult and juvenile courts

Author:

Kupchik, Aaron.

ISBN:

9780814747940

9780814747742

Personal Author:

Kupchik, Aaron.

Publication Information:

New York : New York University Press, c2006.

Physical Description:

x, 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series:

New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series

Series Title:

New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series

Contents:

1. Introduction : growing up quickly -- 2. Law and context -- 3. The process of prosecuting adolescents : how formal? -- 4. Judging adolescents : what matters? -- 5. Punishment for adolescents : what do they get, and why? -- 6. Children in an adult world -- 7. Putting the Genie back in the bottle : lessons for policy.

Abstract:

"By comparing how adolescents are prosecuted and punished in juvenile and criminal (adult) courts, Aaron Kupchik finds that prosecuting adolescents in criminal court does not fit with our cultural understandings of youthfulness. As a result, adolescents who are transferred to criminal courts are still judged as juveniles. Ultimately, Kupchik makes a compelling argument for the suitability of juvenile courts in treating adolescents. Judging Juveniles suggests that justice would be better served if adolescents were handled by the system designed to address their special needs."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States.

Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.

Juvenile delinquents -- United States.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0615/2006018396.html

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2007 Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award presented by the American Society of Criminology
2007 American Society of Criminology Michael J. Hindelang Award for the Most Outstanding Contribution to Research in Criminology
By comparing how adolescents are prosecuted and punished in juvenile and criminal (adult) courts, Aaron Kupchik finds that prosecuting adolescents in criminal court does not fit with our cultural understandings of youthfulness. As a result, adolescents who are transferred to criminal courts are still judged as juveniles. Ultimately, Kupchik makes a compelling argument for the suitability of juvenile courts in treating adolescents. Judging Juveniles suggests that justice would be better served if adolescents were handled by the system designed to address their special needs.