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Pages: 258
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Examines the nature and causes of juvenile crime and the place of the juvenile offender in the U.S. justice system.
Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice
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Pages: 405
Authors: Institute of Medicine
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-06-05 - Publisher: National Academies Press

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Even though youth crime rates have fallen since the mid-1990s, public fear and political rhetoric over the issue have heightened. The Columbine shootings and ot
Rethinking Juvenile Justice
Language: en
Pages: 379
Authors: Elizabeth S Scott
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-30 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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What should we do with teenagers who commit crimes? In this book, two leading scholars in law and adolescent development argue that juvenile justice should be g
Desistance from Crime
Language: en
Pages: 279
Authors: Michael Rocque
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-25 - Publisher: Springer

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This book represents a brief treatise on the theory and research behind the concept of desistance from crime. This ever-growing field has become increasingly re
The Age of Culpability
Language: en
Pages: 252
Authors: Gideon Yaffe
Categories: Law
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Why be lenient towards children who commit crimes? Reflection on the grounds for such leniency is the entry point into the development, in this book, of a theor