Judging juveniles : prosecuting adolescents in adult and juvenile courts /

Judging juveniles : prosecuting adolescents in adult and juvenile courts /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Kupchik, Aaron.
Imprint:	New York : New York University Press, c2006.
Description:	x, 211 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series
Subject:	Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States. Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States. Juvenile delinquents -- United States. Criminal justice, Administration of. Juvenile delinquents. Juvenile justice, Administration of. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6204401

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ISBN:	0814747949 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780814747940 (cloth : alk. paper) 0814747744 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780814747742 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
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
Appendix. Research Methods
Notes
Index
About the Author