Boys among men : trying and sentencing juveniles as adults /

Boys among men : trying and sentencing juveniles as adults /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Myers, David L., 1968-
Imprint:	Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2005.
Description:	x, 193 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Criminal justice, delinquency, and corrections, 1535-0371
Subject:	Juvenile delinquency -- United States. Juvenile delinquents -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States. Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States. Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States. Criminal courts -- United States. Criminal courts. Criminal justice, Administration of. Juvenile delinquency. Juvenile delinquents -- Legal status, laws, etc. Juvenile justice, Administration of. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5712253

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ISBN:	0275982548 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

1. "Adult crime, adult time"
2. Separating the men from the boys
3. Transformation to criminal
4. Who gets transferred?
5. What happens in adult court?
6. Prospects for punishment and rehabilitation
7. General and specific deterrence
8. The rise and fall of "adult crime, adult time"