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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1 Background and History -- Introduction -- The Development of Childhood -- Juvenile Justice in the United States: The Beginnings -- Houses of Refuge -- Training Schools or Reformatories -- Child Savers and Other Nineteenth-Century Juvenile Justice Reform Efforts -- Treatment Programs for Institutionalized Juvenile Offenders -- Contemporary Organizations, Programs, and Developments -- Juvenile Justice Today: A Quick Look -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions -- Introduction -- Problems -- Misperceptions and Misunderstandings -- Youth in Crisis: Problems Facing Juveniles -- Kids and Guns -- The Contemporary Juvenile Justice System -- Controversies -- Complexity of the System -- Serious Juvenile Offenders and Status Offenders: Transfers and Divestiture -- Overrepresentation of Minorities -- Legal Challenges to the Juvenile Justice System -- Possible Solutions -- Restorative Justice and Other Alternatives to Incarceration -- Evaluations of Incarceration Alternatives -- Delinquency Prevention Programs -- Gang Prevention Programs -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Perspectives -- Introduction -- Preparing Youth for the Future: Kimberly Booth -- We Must Improve Education for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Katherine Burdick -- Adolescence, Incarcerated: Josh Gravens -- The Lines We Draw: Deborah L. Johnson -- Community Restorative Justice Hub: A Model of Hospitality and Accompaniment: David A. Kelly -- A Teacher, Not a Judge: Thomm Quackenbush -- The Hall: Heidi Lynn Smith -- What Should We Do with Juvenile Murderers?: John T. Whitehead -- 4 Profiles -- People -- Jane Addams (1860-1935) -- Freda Adler (1934- ) -- John Augustus (1785-1859) -- Howard Becker (1928- ) -- Louise Bowen (1859-1953).

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chronology -- 1. Reforming Juvenile Justice -- 2. Juvenile Offenders Must be Granted Due Process Rights Under the Fourteenth Amendment -- 3. Juvenile Criminal Proceedings should Restore Focus on Minors' Due Process Rights by Returning to Standards Set in In re Gault -- 4. Neither the Sixth nor Fourteenth Amendment Guarantees a Juvenile Offender the Right to a Trial by Jury -- 5. The Withholding of Jury Trials from Juvenile Offenders is Outdated in a More Punitive Juvenile Justice System -- 6. Juveniles should be Tried As Adults When They Have Committed Violent Crimes -- 7. Juveniles should not be Tried or Sentenced As Adults -- 8. The Mother of a Son Incarcerated in an Adult Prison Tells Why the System Fails Young People -- 9. Rates of Juvenile Incarceration should be Reduced -- 10. A Woman Who Spent Time in a Youth Detention Facility Recounts the Poor Treatment She Received There -- 11. Juveniles should not be Exempted from the Death Penalty As a Group, but Judged on an Individual Basis -- 12. Sentencing a Juvenile Offender to the Death Penalty Violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments -- 13. Minors should be Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole Under Certain Circumstances -- 14. It is Unconstitutional to Sentence Minors to Life in Prison Without Parole for Crimes Less than Homicide -- 15. A Prisoner Explains How He Has Grown to Understand the Significance of His Crime -- 16. A Mother of a Murder Victim Argues That Minors should not be Sentenced to Life Without Parole -- 17. The Sister of a Murder Victim Urges Legislators not to Abolish the Life Without Parole Sentence for Juvenile Murderers -- Organizations to Contact -- For Further Reading -- Index -- Back Cover

Cover -- Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Patterns and Trends in Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice -- 3 The Development of Delinquency -- 4 Preventing Juvenile Crime -- 5 The Juvenile Justice System -- 6 Race, Crime, and Juvenile Justice: The Issue of Racial Disparity -- References -- APPENDIX A Definition of Offenses Used in Uniform Crime Reporting -- APPENDIX B The Indeterminacy of Forecasts of Crime Rates and Juvenile Offenses -- APPENDIX C Workshop Agendas -- APPENDIX D Biographical Sketches -- Index.

A painful view of the current state of juvenile justice in the United States is presented in this volume which asks whether the 'children's court' has outlived its usefulness. As pressure builds to handle more children in adult courts and to consign them to adult prisons, the authors explore alternatives to the custodial treatment of juveniles and suggest how the juvenile justice system can, and should, be reformed

Intro -- Contents -- Preface: Conceptual Overview and Organization of the Book -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Pre-1800s to Early Nineteenth Century -- 2 Early Progressive Era -- 3 Late Progressive Era -- 4 1920s through 1950s -- 5 1960s through 1980s -- 6 1990s through 2000 -- 7 Post 2000 and Suggestions for the Future -- Bibliography -- Index.

"Juvenile Justice: An Introduction, Tenth Edition, presents a comprehensive picture of juvenile offending, delinquency theories, and the ways juvenile justice actors and agencies react to delinquency. Whitehead and Lab offer evidence-based suggestions for successful interventions and treatment and examine the prospects for rebalancing the model of juvenile court. This new edition includes insightful analysis and the latest available statistics on juvenile crime and victimization, drug use, court processing, and corrections. Special attention is given to female involvement, disproportionate minority contact, and diversity issues. The text also includes extensive discussion of police shootings, the issue of race, probation reform, life sentences for juveniles, recent Supreme Court decisions, and reform suggestions from Currie and Feld. An essential text for undergraduate Juvenile Justice courses, this book offers rich pedagogical features and online resources. Each chapter enhances student understanding with Key Terms, a "What You Need to Know"" section, and Discussion Questions. Links at key points in the text show students where to get the latest information"--

This volume makes a major contribution to criminology and the policy analysis of adolescence, presenting a justification for the category of the juvenile or a period of partial responsibility before full adulthood. At the heart of the book is an argument for a penal policy that recognizes diminished responsibility and a youth policy that emphasizes the benefits of letting the maturing process continue with minimal interruption. In this updated and expanded second edition, Zimring has included four new chapters with examinations on important topics including, US Supreme Court decisions of life sentences for minors, the elected use of juvenile courts over criminal court, punitive sex offender registration for juveniles, and appropriate tactics for juvenile justice reform.

This chapter delineates the history, landmarks and challenges of the juvenile justice system in Russia through several types of government. Education became part of the system in the early 1900s. Under Stalin, juveniles lost their distinctive status in the criminal justice system. It was restored in 1953. The breakdown of the Soviet Union in 1991 correlated with increases in social problems that left many youths without adult supervision. The juvenile justice system allows for early release, expunging of records and special rules about interrogation. The Commission on Juvenile Affairs, which is separate from the criminal justice system, handles "less serious cases" and its role is "more preventative rather than guilt-proving." More serious cases are adjudicated through the criminal justice system. Juvenile detention in Russian penal colonies declined dramatically in recent years. The Commission runs alternative boarding schools. Juvenile justice reform is controversial, though, with a strong faction in favor of punishment.

Juvenile Justice Systems outlines options for shaping the juvenile liability models: welfare, justice, rehabilitative treatment, restorative justice, and mixed models. This comparative work contains descriptions of general issues of juvenile criminal liability and characteristic of mixed models: the Polish, the Brazilian and the Portuguese.