| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Youth, crime, and justice series |
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Youth, crime, and justice series.
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| Contents |
Juvenile justice and crime policy in Europe / Frieder Dünkel -- Juvenile justice without a juvenile court : a note on Scandinavian exceptionalism / Tapio Lappi-Seppälä -- The development and prospect of juvenile justice in the People's Republic of China / Weijian Gao -- Juvenile justice in India / Ved Kumari -- Myths and realities of juvenile justice in Latin America / Mary Beloff and Máximo Langer -- Juvenile justice in Muslim-majority states / Lena Salaymeh -- Juvenile justice in Poland / Barbara Stańdo-Kawecka -- Freedom in the making : juvenile justice in South Africa / Ann Skelton -- Legislative impact, political change, and juvenile detention : comparing South Korea and Japan / Jae-Joon Chung -- One theme or many? : the search for a deep structure in global juvenile justice / Franklin E. Zimring and Máximo Langer |
| Summary |
Among developed nations, the United States has one of the most extreme and harsh criminal justice systems in the world-there is overwhelmingly more violence, more punishment, and more incarceration for both adults and juveniles here. But while American scholars may have extensive knowledge about other justice systems around the world and how adults are treated, juvenile justice systems and the plight of youth who break the law throughout the world is less often studied. This important volume fills a large gap in the study of juvenile justice by providing an unprecedented comparison of cri |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Juvenile justice, Administration of.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Juvenile justice, Administration of
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Zimring, Franklin E., editor.
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Langer, Máximo, editor.
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Tanenhaus, David Spinoza, editor.
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| LC no. |
2015004162 |
| ISBN |
9781479838004 |
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1479838004 |
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