Readings in Juvenile Justice Administration / Edition 1

by Barry C. Feld

Overview

Readings in Juvenile Justice Administration analyzes the judicial, legal, and correctional agencies that respond to delinquent offenders. The articles reveal the diversity and complexity of the juvenile courts and present the current policy debates regarding juvenile justice. They reflect the historical origins and the recent transformation of the juvenile justice system as it moves from a nominally rehabilitative social welfare agency to a more scaled-down criminal justice system for young offenders.
Chapter 1 features a discussion of the origins of the juvenile court system. Chapter 2 examines juvenile justice administration, focusing on the various stages of the process and the sources of organizational diversity. The articles in Chapter 3 look at the quality of procedural justice in juvenile courts. This section examines the conflicts between the procedural rights of juvenile offenders, the traditional conception of the juvenile court as a rehabilitative agency, and the increased severity of sentencing policy in response to recent efforts to get tough and crack down on youth crime. Chapter 4 focuses on alternative strategies that would transfer serious young offenders to criminal courts for prosecution as adults, demonstrating the conceptual and administrative tensions embodied in defining the boundaries between delinquents and criminals, between children and adults, and between treatment and punishment. Chapter 5 analyzes several aspects of sentencing delinquents in juvenile courts. The articles in this section reveal the shifts in juvenile justice jurisprudence, policy, administration, and practices from rehabilitation to retribution and from offender to offense. The final set of articles in Chapter 6 highlight some of the current policy debates about the future of the juvenile court as an institution, exploring the need to maintain a separate juvenile justice system for young offenders. Bringing together some of the most important articles in the field, Readings in Juvenile Justice Administration is ideal for courses in criminal and juvenile justice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195104059
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/04/1999
Series:	Readings in Crime and Punishment
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

University of Minnesota

Table of Contents

IntroductionPart I. Origins of the Juvenile CourtIntroductionJanet E. Ainsworth, "Re-imagining Childhood and Reconstructing the Legal Order: The Case for Abolishing the Juvenile Court," i69 North Carolina Review/i 1083 (1991)Julian Mack, "The Juvenille Court," i23 Harvard Law Review/i 104-22 (1990)Anthony Platt, "The Triumph of BEnevolence," in iCriminal Justice in America: A Critical Understanding/i 356-389 (Richard Quinney ed. 1974)Part II. Gateway to the Juvenile Justice Process — Varities of Juvenile CourtsIntroductionHoward Snyder and Melissa Sickmund,iJuvenile Offenders and Victims: A National Report/i (1995)Barry C. Field, "Justice By Geography: Urban Suburban, and Rural Variations in Juvenile Justice Administration,"i82 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology/i 156 (1991)Robert Sampson and John Laub, "Structural Variations in Juvenille Court Processing: Inequality, the Underclass, and Social Control,"i27 Law & Society Review 285 (1993)Part III. Procedural Justice in Juvenile CourtIntroduction: The Constitutional Domestication of JuvenileCourtA. Pretrial Detention: IntroductionHoward Snyder and Melissa Sickmund, "Detention" in iJuvenile Offenders and victims: A National Report/i (1995)Jeffrey Fagan and martin Guggenheim, " PreventativeDetention and the Judicial Prediction of Dangerousness for Juveniles: A Natural Experiment," in i86 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology/i 415 (1996)B. Right to Counsel in Juvenile Court: IntroductionBarry C. Feld, "iIn re Gault/i Revisited: A Cross-State Comparison of the Right to Counsel in Juvenile Court," 34 iCrime & DeliquencyBarry C. Feld, "Right to Counsel in Juvenile Court: An Empirical Study of When Lawyers Appear and the Differences They Make,"i79 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology/i 1189 (1989)C. Jury Trial in Juvenile Court: IntroductionJanet E. Ainsworth, "Re-imagining Childhood and Reconstructing the Legal Order: The Case for Abolishing the Juvenile Court," i69 North Carolina Law Review/i 1083 (1991)Joseph B. Sanborn, Remnants of iParens Patriae/i in the Adjudicatory Hearing: Is a fair Trial Possible in Juvenile Court," i40 Crime & Deliquency/i 599 (1994)Part IV. Transfer of Serious Young Offenders to Adult CourtIntroductionFederal Bureau of Investigation, "Juveniles and Violence" from iCrime in the United States 1991/i (1992)Howard Snyder and Melissa Sickmund, "Transfer" from iJuvenile Offenders and Victims: A National Report/i (1995)A. Judicial WaiverMarcy Rasmussen Podkapacz and varry C. Feld, "The End of the Line: An Empirical Study of Judicial Waiver," i86 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology/i 449 (1996)B. Legislative Offense ExclusionSimon Singer, "The Automatic Waiver of Juveniles and Substantive Justice," i39 Crime & Deliquency 253/i (1993)C. Prosecutorial WaiverDonna Bishop and Charles Frazier, "Prosecutorial Waiver: Case Study of a Questionable Reform, " i35 Crime & Deliquency/i 179-198 (1989)Part V. Sentencing Deliquent OffendersIntroductionBarry C. Feld, "The Juvenile Court Meets the Principle of Offense: Punishment, Treatment, and the Difference it Makes," i68 Boston University Law Review/i 821 (1988)A. Juvenile Court Sentencing PracticesRobert M. Emerson, "Role Determinants in Juvenile Court," in iHandbook in Criminology/i (1974)Donna M. Bishop and Charles Frazier, "Race Effects in Juvenile Justice Decision-Making: Findings of a Statewide Analysis," i86 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology/i 392 (1996)B. Juvenile Institutions and AlternativesHoward Snyder and Melissa Sickmund, "Juvenile Corrections" from iJuvenile Offenders and Victims: A National Report/i (1995)Barry C. Feld, "Comparative Analysis of Organizational Structure and Inmate Subculture in Institutions for Juvenile Offenders," i27 Crime & Deliquency 336/i (1981)Peter W. Greenwood and Susan Turner, "Evaluation of the Paint Creek Youth Center: A Residential Program for Serious Delinquents," i31 Criminology/i 263 (1993)C. What Works? — Rehabilitation as a Justification for the Juvenile CourtJohn Whitehead and Steven Lab, "A Meta-analysis of Juvenile Correctional Treatment," i26 Journal of Research in Crime & Deliquency/i 276 (1989)Ted Palmer, "The Effectiveness of Intervention: Recent Trends and Current Issues," i37 Crime & Delinquency/i 330 (1991)Part VI. The Future of the Juvenile CourtIntroductionGarry Melton, "Taking iGault/i Seriously: Toward a New Juvenile Court," i68 Nebraska Law Review/i 146 (1989)Barry C, Feld, "Criminalizing the American Juvenile Court," i17 Crime and Justice/i 197 (1993)Irene Merker Rosenberg, "Leaving Bad Enough Alone: A Response to the Juvenile Court abolitionists," iWisconsin Law Review/i 1993: 163-85