Juvenile Justice Sentencing: Are There Alternatives?
Description:
Research indicates that states have implemented juvenile justice reforms to enact harsher punishments, to transfer greater numbers and younger juvenile offenders to adult criminal court, and to restrict discretion of the juvenile court judges. Social science studies have found that harsher punishments, transfers to adult criminal court and other measures do not work, but that comprehensive approaches which address the numerous major factors contributing to juvenile offending have been successfu…
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Date:
December 2000
Creator:
Youngblood, Michelle K.
Partner:
UNT Libraries