The Gault Case and Young People's Rights: Debating Supreme Court Decisions

by Laura Cohen

In 1968, fifteen-year-old Gerald Gault was accused by a neighbor of making an obscene phone call and was arrested. After a hearing in which he was not represented by an attorney or allowed to confront his accuser, Gerald was sentenced to juvenile prison until his twenty-first birthday. Author Laura Cohen explains how Gault's case made it through the courts, what the Supreme Court decided, and the impact this has had on children's rights. This book...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0766024768
• ISBN13: 9780766024762
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 11 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 10