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Genre/Form: | History |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
David Spinoza Tanenhaus |
ISBN: | 0195160452 9780195160451 0195306503 9780195306507 |
OCLC Number: | 978216479 |
Description: | xxx, 231 pages ; 22 cm. |
Contents: | Introduction -- Imagining a children's court -- Building a model court -- Preserving the family -- Legitimating juvenile justice -- Medicalizing delinquency -- Organizing the community -- Conclusion. |
Series Title: | Studies in crime and public policy. |
Responsibility: | David S. Tanenhaus. |
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Abstract:
Faith in childhood, and its corollary that separate courts are required for children because they are developmentally different from adults, appears to be vanishing in the USA. This book examines one of America's most influential legal inventions and its future.
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"In his compelling new history of Juvenile Justice in the Making, David S. Tanenhaus has accomplished what many scholars considered all but impossible: a fresh historical interpretation of the development, operation, and enduring importance of the juvenile court. Scholars, lawyers, child welfare workers [or children's advocates], and policy pundits will wrestle with the significance and perhaps even more with the lessons of Tanenhaus' bold new opening."Harvey J. Graff, author of Conflicting Paths: Growing Up in America Read more...
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