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Judging Juveniles: Prosecuting Adolescents in Adult and Juvenile Courts

By Aaron Kupchik

Book information

Publisher
New York University Press
Year
2006
ISBN
9780814748725
DOI
10.18574/nyu/9780814748725.001.0001
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1278869 bytes)
Series
New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law; 5
Pages
\223
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-20 08:10:42

Description

2007 Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award presented by the American Society of Criminology2007 American Society of Criminology Michael J. Hindelang Award for the Most Outstanding Contribution to Research in CriminologyBy comparing how adolescents are prosecuted and punished in juvenile and criminal (adult) courts, Aaron Kupchik finds that prosecuting adolescents in criminal court does not fit with our cultural understandings of youthfulness. As a result, adolescents who are transferred to criminal courts are still judged as juveniles. Ultimately, Kupchik makes a compelling argument for the suitability of juvenile courts in treating adolescents. Judging Juveniles suggests that justice would be better served if adolescents were handled by the system designed to address their special needs.

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