Juveniles at Risk: A Plea for Preventive Justice

by Mark R. Fondacaro and Christopher Slobogin

First established at the end of the 19th century, the juvenile justice system has long been searching for an effective set of guiding principles. Over the last hundred years, through a series of piecemeal rulings, it has undergone an evolution from its original foundation on the rehabilitation model to the current "get-tough" system that increasingly treats juvenile offenders as adults. At present, there is no overarching theory or model of juvenile...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199778353
• ISBN13: 9780199778355
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"