An American Travesty: Legal Responses to Adolescent Sexual Offending

by Franklin E. Zimring

Book Overview

An American Travesty is the first scholarly book in half a century to analyze the justice system's response to sexual misconduct by children and adolescents in the United States. Writing with a refreshing dose of common sense, Franklin E. Zimring discusses our society's failure to consider the developmental status of adolescent sex offenders. Too often, he argues, the American legal system ignores age and developmental status when adjudicating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226983587
• ISBN13: 9780226983585
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"