Children and juvenile justice /
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| Author / Creator: | Marrus, Ellen. |
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| Imprint: | Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2007. |
| Description: | xxiii, 570 p. : forms ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6612065 |
| Summary: | This new casebook provides a unique teaching tool for examining the issues relating to children charged with crime in the juvenile courts. It is an innovative blend of the analytical, conceptual, practical and ethical considerations arising in that context. The authors have drawn on their many years of experience teaching juvenile justice courses and representing delinquents in the juvenile courts of New York , California , and Texas , as well as on innovative scholarship in this area of the law. </p> The book examines the history of the juvenile court system in America , the Supreme Court jurisprudence, the various stages of delinquency proceedings, the ethical dilemmas of representing minors, the status offender jurisdiction, the right to treatment in juvenile correctional facilities, waivers, determinate sentencing, blended and extended jurisdiction, and international and comparative law. The materials include cases, statutes, forms, ABA Standards, law review and related articles, and notes and questions. </p> </p> |
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| Physical Description: | xxiii, 570 p. : forms ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781594600623 1594600627 |
