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The Evolution of the Juvenile Court - Race, Politics, and the Criminalizing of Juvenile Justice (Paperback)
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The Evolution of the Juvenile Court - Race, Politics, and the Criminalizing of Juvenile Justice (Paperback)
Series: Youth, Crime, and Justice
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Winner, 2020 ACJS Outstanding Book Award, given by the Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences A major statement on the juvenile justice
system by one of America's leading experts The juvenile court lies
at the intersection of youth policy and crime policy. Its
institutional practices reflect our changing ideas about children
and crime control. The Evolution of the Juvenile Court provides a
sweeping overview of the American juvenile justice system's
development and change over the past century. Noted law professor
and criminologist Barry C. Feld places special emphasis on changes
over the last 25 years-the ascendance of get tough crime policies
and the more recent Supreme Court recognition that "children are
different." Feld's comprehensive historical analyses trace juvenile
courts' evolution though four periods-the original Progressive Era,
the Due Process Revolution in the 1960s, the Get Tough Era of the
1980s and 1990s, and today's Kids Are Different era. In each
period, changes in the economy, cities, families, race and
ethnicity, and politics have shaped juvenile courts' policies and
practices. Changes in juvenile courts' ends and means-substance and
procedure-reflect shifting notions of children's culpability and
competence. The Evolution of the Juvenile Court examines how
conservative politicians used coded racial appeals to advocate get
tough policies that equated children with adults and more recent
Supreme Court decisions that draw on developmental psychology and
neuroscience research to bolster its conclusions about youths'
reduced criminal responsibility and diminished competence. Feld
draws on lessons from the past to envision a new, developmentally
appropriate justice system for children. Ultimately, providing
justice for children requires structural changes to reduce social
and economic inequality-concentrated poverty in segregated urban
areas-that disproportionately expose children of color to juvenile
courts' punitive policies. Historical, prescriptive, and
analytical, The Evolution of the Juvenile Court evaluates the
author's past recommendations to abolish juvenile courts in light
of this new evidence, and concludes that separate, but reformed,
juvenile courts are necessary to protect children who commit crimes
and facilitate their successful transition to adulthood.
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