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A New Juvenile Justice System - Total Reform for a Broken System (Hardcover)
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A New Juvenile Justice System - Total Reform for a Broken System (Hardcover)
Series: Families, Law, and Society
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A New Juvenile Justice System aims at nothing less than a complete
reform of the existing system: not minor change or even significant
overhaul, but the replacement of the existing system with a
different vision. The authors in this volume-academics, activists,
researchers, and those who serve in the existing system-all respond
in this collection to the question of what the system should be.
Uniformly, they agree that an ideal system should be centered
around the principle of child well-being and the goal of helping
kids to achieve productive lives as citizens and members of their
communities. Rather than the existing system, with its punitive,
destructive, undermining effect and uneven application by race and
gender, these authors envision a system responsive to the needs of
youth as well as to the community's legitimate need for public
safety. How, they ask, can the ideals of equality, freedom,
liberty, and self-determination transform the system? How can we
improve the odds that children who have been labeled as
"delinquent" can make successful transitions to adulthood? And how
can we create a system that relies on proven, family-focused
interventions and creates opportunities for positive youth
development? Drawing upon interdisciplinary work as well as
on-the-ground programs and experience, the authors sketch out the
broad parameters of such a system. Providing the principles, goals,
and concrete means to achieve them, this volume imagines using our
resources wisely and well to invest in all children and their
potential to contribute and thrive in our society.
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