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Juvenile Justice System Law and Process

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ISBN-10: 0195330188

ISBN-13: 9780195330182

Edition: N/A

Authors: Joseph B. Sanborn, Anthony W. Salerno, Donna Bishop

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Juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice are two essential topics in the criminal justice curriculum. Sanborn and Salerno's The Juvenile Justice System: Law and Process is dedicated solely to explaining juvenile justice. This text explores the many differences between the juvenile justice and the criminal justice systems, both those that benefit youths and those that are arguably unfair to them. The book concentrates, describes, and explains the unique traits of juvenile justice and what makes it so different from criminal justice. The Juvenile Justice System specifically addresses what actually happens during the court process, devoting an entire chapter to the adjudicatory hearing as…    
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Book details

List price: $149.99
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/7/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 588
Size: 9.88" wide x 7.01" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English

A History of Juvenile Justice in the United States
Putting Juvenile Justice Into Context
Some Preliminary Distinctions
Models or Philosophies of Juvenile JusticeImpact of the Rehabilitation Model
The Varied Purposes of Juvenile Justice
The Terminology Differentiation
Historical Development of Juvenile Justice
Quakers'' Reform Efforts in the Nineteenth Century
Houses of Refuge
Legal Foundation for the Houses of Refuge
Reformatories and Separate Trial Dockets
The Emergence of the Juvenile Court
The Legal Foundation of Juvenile Court
The Reasons Juvenile Defendants Had No Rights in Juvenile Court
The Juvenile Justice System, 1899-1967: An Overview
United States Supreme Court Intervention: The Legal Framework of Juvenile Justice
The Need for Changes in Juvenile Court Procedures
Establishing the Legal Framework of Juvenile Justice in Kent v. U.S.In re Gault and the Modification of Juvenile Court Procedure
Putting Gault and the Legal Framework Into ContextIn re Winship and the Burden of Proof
and the Right to Jury Trial
Trial in Both Juvenile and Adult Court
The Overall Result of the Legal Framework
The Nature of Juvenile Misbehavior
Juvenile Court Jurisdiction
Factors Influencing Jurisdiction
Juvenile Delinquency
Status Offenses
Mandatory Exclusion
Measuring Juvenile Crime
Measuring Juvenile Delinquency
Uniform Crime Reports
Victimization Surveys
Self-Report Surveys
Validation of SRSCohort Studies
Evaluating Measures of Juvenile Delinquency
Age and Delinquency
Gender and Delinquency
Race and Delinquency
Social Class and Delinquency
Juveniles Preying on Juveniles: Juveniles as Victims
Patterns of Juvenile Crime
Considering Patterns
Crime in the Schools
GangsJuvenile Violent Crime
Serious Violent Juveniles (SVJ)
The Gatekeepers of Juvenile Justice
Policing Juveniles
Policing: The Underdeveloped Component
Unique Police Service and Prevention Roles
Juveniles'' Attitudes Toward Police
Community-Oriented Policing
Curfew LawsDetecting Youth Misbehavior
Field Investigations and Stops and Frisks
The Decision Not to Arrest a Youth
Grounds and Evidence for Arrest (Taking Into Custody)Factors That Can Affect the Decision to Arrest
Procedures Following Arrest
Search and Seizure and Interrogation
Fingerprints and Photographs
Other Identification MeasuresThe Decision to Refer the Case to Juvenile Court
The Juvenile Court PersonnelA Unique Place to Work
The Prosecutor
The Defense Attorney
The Judge
Referees and Masters
Probation Officers
Parents and Victims
Personnel Overview
The Intake ProcessIntake Objectives
POs as Intake Workers
The Uniqueness of IntakeIntake OptionsIntake Decision Making
The Essence of DiversionFailure, Successful Completion, and Impact of Diversion
Modern Aspects of Diversion
Research on Who Is Diverted
The Formal Prosecution Option
The Numbers at Intake
The Juvenile Court: The Preliminary Stages
DetentionPOs as the Gatekeepers to Detention
Humane Detention
The Detention Alternative Movement
Detention SettingsJuveniles in JailJuveniles Eligible for Detention
Detention Research
Risks (and Needs) Assessment
Detention Hearing
Constitutional Rights at the Detention Hearing
The Need to Detain
Release Conditions
Addressing the Charges at Detention
The Numbers at Detention
Expedited Trial Date for Detention Cases
Potential Unique Aspects of Juvenile Detention
The Pretrial Stage
An Underdeveloped StagePleading
Pretrial IssuesInformal Resolutions
Plea Bargaining
Non-negotiated Guilty Pleas
The Pleading Guilty Process
Heading to Transfer or to an Adjudicatory Hearing
Transfer to Adult Court
The Prospect of Self-Transfer
The What of Transfer
The Why of Transfer
The When of Transfer
The How (or Types) of Transfer: Judicial and Prosecutorial
The First Stage of Judicial Transfer: The Probable Cause Hearing
The Second Stage of Judicial Transfer: The Amenability Hearing
Prosecutorial Transfer
Current Standards in Judicial a