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The War on Kids - How American Juvenile Justice Lost Its Way (Hardcover)
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In 2003, when he was sixteen, Terrence Graham and three other teens
attempted to rob a barbeque restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida.
Though they left with no money, and no one was seriously injured,
Terrence was sentenced to die in prison for his involvement in that
crime. As shocking as Terrence's sentence sounds, it is merely a
symptom of contemporary American juvenile justice practices. Today
in this country, adolescents are routinely transferred out of
juvenile court and into adult criminal court without any judicial
oversight. Once in adult court, children can be sentenced without
regard for their youth. Juveniles are housed in adult correctional
facilities; they may be held in solitary confinement; and they
experience the highest rates of sexual and physical assault among
inmates. Until 2005, children convicted in America's courts were
subject to the death penalty; today, they still may be sentenced to
die in prison - no matter what efforts they make to rehabilitate
themselves. America has waged a war on kids. The War on Kids
reveals how the United States went from being a pioneer to an
international pariah in its juvenile sentencing practices. While
academics and journalists have recognized the failings of juvenile
justice practices in this country and have called for change,
recent Supreme Court decisions and political developments make
those calls a reality today. The War on Kids seizes upon this
moment of judicial and political recognition that children are
different in the eyes of the law. The book chronicles the
shortcomings of juvenile justice by drawing upon social science,
legal decisions and first-hand correspondence with Terrence and
others like him - individuals whose adolescent errors have cost
them their lives. At the same time, The War on Kids maps out
concrete steps that states can take to correct the course of
American juvenile justice.
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