From Children to Citizens: Volume II: The Role of the Juvenile Court

by Francis X. Hartmann (Editor)

Overview

From the preface: "The issues around which the juvenile justice system is centered frequently evoke anger and impatience. These emotions arise because the issues are so important and movement concerning the same issues seems nonexistent. The persons who are involved with those same issues, however, elicit respect and, often, affection. The Executive Sessions of the Kennedy School of Government combine the two elements - issues and persons - with the stated goal of advancing fruitful and effective public policy. The Executive Session on the Future of the Juvenile Justice System regularly brought to the same table, over a period of almost two years, persons who understand the issues well, who are professionally and personally invested in certain positions on the issues, and who were willing to engage themselves fully in the exchange of ideas, both theoretical and practical, which an Executive Session demands. This book is one of the products of that process. The editor, who chaired the meetings of the Session, takes certain positions regarding the future of the juvenile justice system and what the system should look like ten years from now." 1

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461387039
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	11/08/2011
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987
Pages:	413
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

I Socializing Children: The Community’s Interest.- 1 The Public Duties of Families and Children.- 2 The Politics of Juvenile Justice in America.- Appendix to Chapter 2: Legislative Trends Jeffrey L. Bleich.- 3 Toward a Jurisprudence of Children and Families.- 4 Juvenile Court Jurisdiction: Intervention and Intrusion.- II Socializing Children: Abstract Conceptions of the Task.- 5 The Development of Responsibility: Implications for Juvenile Justice.- 6 Care and Discipline: Their Contribution to Delinquency and Regulation by the Juvenile Court.- III Socializing Children: Concrete Problems, Now and in the Future.- 7 Trends in Child Abuse and Juvenile Delinquency.- 8 Violent Juvenile Offenders.- 9 Toward an Effective Policy for Handling Dangerous Juvenile Offenders.- 10 Status Offenders and the Juvenile Court: Past Practices, Future Prospects.- IV The Organization of the Juvenile Justice System: In the Shadow of the Juvenile Court.- 11 Juveniles and Police: The End of the Nightstick.- 12 Alternatives to the Juvenile Court Process.- V The Organization of the Juvenile Justice System: Juvenile Court Jurisdiction and Processing.- 13 A Short History of Jurisdiction over Juvenile and Family Matters.- 14 Diversion of Juvenile Offenders to the Community in the State of Washington: Back to the Source.- 15 Determining the Future Child: Actors on the Juvenile Court Stage.- 16 Juvenile Justice in Transition: An Industry Note.- VI The Organization of the Juvenile Justice System: Assuming Responsibility for Children in Trouble.- 17 Classifying Juvenile Dispositions.- 18 Principles for Juvenile Detention.- 19 Notes on an Accounting Scheme for a Juvenile Correctional System.- 20 An Alternative Approach to Managing Juvenile Corrections.- 21 Conclusion.- Name Index.