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Our Children, Their Children - Confronting Racial and Ethnic Differences in American Juvenile Justice (Hardcover)
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Our Children, Their Children - Confronting Racial and Ethnic Differences in American Juvenile Justice (Hardcover)
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In "Our Children, Their Children, "a prominent team of researchers
argues that a second-rate and increasingly punitive juvenile
justice system is allowed to persist because most people believe it
is designed for children in other ethnic and socioeconomic groups.
While public opinion, laws, and social policies that convey
distinctions between "our children" and "their children" may seem
to conflict with the American ideal of blind justice, they are
hardly at odds with patterns of group differentiation and
inequality that have characterized much of American history.
"Our Children, Their Children" provides a state-of-the-science
examination of racial and ethnic disparities in the offending and
processing of youths within the American juvenile justice system.
Here, contributors document the precise magnitude of these
disparities, seek to determine their causes, and propose potential
solutions. This collection assesses the implications of these
differences for evaluating the impact of public policy initiatives
and legal reforms that have been implemented or proposed over the
last several decades. In addition to race and ethnicity,
contributors also look at the effects on juvenile justice of
suburban sprawl, the impact of family and neighborhood, bias in
postarrest decisions, and mental health issues. Offering the first
critical summary of what is known and unknown in this important
area of social research, "Our Children, Their Children" will prove
an invaluable resource for any policy maker, social worker,
educator, attorney, counselor, or other type of worker affiliated
with the juvenile justice system.
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