QuinnJuvenile JusticeJuvenile CourtJuvenile DefenseFor years Missouri has been touted as a model for juvenile justice. Stakeholders and commentators continually declare that the Show-Me State – with its "MissouQuinn, Mae Csocial science electronic publishing...
The juvenile justice system is made up of public and private agencies that have some responsibility for the care and supervision of children who have committed offenses that would be defined as criminal acts if these offenses were committed by an adult, or who have committed offenses that apply ...
Current French law on juvenile justice has a long story. It originated in the immediate aftermath of World War II and is still governed by an ordinance of 2 February 1945. In this paper we would like to consider especially the most recent part of this story and to examine whether and to...
The Institution of Traditional Sex Role Models in the Juvenile Justice SystemSchaefer, Shelly
Minority youth are disproportionately represented in the juvenile justice system, and their numbers in arrest statistics and in correctional facilities suggest that comprehensive strategies are needed to address these problems. The National Council of Juvenile Family Court Judges has undertaken an intensive ...
The globalization of crime control—the case of youth and juvenile justice: Neo-liberalism, policy convergence and international conventions. The concept of globalization has gradually permeated criminology, but more so as applied to transnational organized crime, international terrorism and poli... Muncie...
Three [Missouri] men kept a student from India in a locked [basement] and forced him to work, do chores and endure severe beatings over the course of several months…Venkatesh R. Sattaru was charged with human trafficking, kidnapping and other charges after…forc[ing] a 20-year-old colle...
In the first, we set the stage for what follows by providing some background on the context within which juvenile justice operates in the USA. We explain that juvenile justice in the USA varies greatly across state and local jurisdictions. Since the 1970s, there has been a considerable ...
This article examines the experiences of lesbian and bisexual girls in the juvenile justice system. Its purpose is to document how the juvenile justice system serves this population. The researcher interviewed six lesbian or bisexual youth and six staff participants who work with them and found that...