Judging Children As Children A Proposal for a Juvenile Justice System

Name: Judging Children As Children A Proposal for a Juvenile Justice System
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ISBN: 9781592131693

ISBN-10: 1592131697

ISBN-13: 9781592131693

Edition: 2007

Authors: Michael Corriero, Michael Corriero

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When is it appropriate to punish a child in the same way as we do an adult criminal? In this book, Judge Michael Corriero draws on his fourteen years experience in hearing the cases of troubled children and children (as young as 13) in trouble with the law. Across the United States, state laws require that children charged with serious crimes be tried as adults and restrict judicial discretion in sentencing them. Judge Corriero argues that such policies are both unjust and ineffective. In their place he proposes a juvenile justice system that would assess each child under the age of eighteen being considered for prosecution as an adult in order identify those who are capable of overcoming…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication date: 2/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Prologue



The Proposition



The Nature of Adolescence



The Criminal Responsibility of Juveniles



Sentencing Children Tried in Adult Courts



Our Hardest to Love Children



Interactive Justice



Fridays in the Youth Part



The Experiment that Failed



Creation of the Youth Part



The Youth Part Model



A Model Juvenile Justice System



Juvenile Justice Policy Reform