A return to justice : rethinking our approach to juveniles in the system
(Book - Regular Print)
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Published
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016].
Physical Desc
ix, 183 pages ; 24 cm
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Yavapai College Prescott - LIMBO - Items being donated to other libraries
HV9104.N35 2016
1 available
HV9104.N35 2016
1 available
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Published
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Juveniles who commit crimes often find themselves in court systems that do not account for their young age, but it wasn't always this way. The original aim of a separate juvenile justice system was to treat young offenders as the children they were, considering their unique child status and potential for reform. Now, after years punishing young offenders as if they were adults, the justice system is slowly making changes that would allow the original vision for juvenile justice to finally materialize. The original tenets of the juvenile justice system were slowly dismantled and replaced with a system more like the adult criminal system, one that takes no account of age. In recent years, the tide has turned again. The number of incarcerated youth has been cut in half nationally. In addition, juvenile justice practices are increasingly guided by scholarship in adolescent development that confirms important differences between youth and adults. Also, states and localities are choosing to invest in evidence-based approaches to juvenile crime prevention and intervention rather than in facilities to lock up errant youth. This book assesses the strategies and policies that have produced these important shifts in direction. Yet more needs to be done. This question now is how to take advantage of the opportunity for juvenile justice reform of the kind that would reorient the juvenile justice system to its original intent in both policy and practice, and that would return to a system that treats children as children."--Back cover.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Nellis, A. (2016). A return to justice: rethinking our approach to juveniles in the system . Rowman & Littlefield.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nellis, Ashley. 2016. A Return to Justice: Rethinking Our Approach to Juveniles in the System. Rowman & Littlefield.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nellis, Ashley. A Return to Justice: Rethinking Our Approach to Juveniles in the System Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Nellis, Ashley. A Return to Justice: Rethinking Our Approach to Juveniles in the System Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
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