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Download full textDepartment of Justice, Washington, DC. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. – 1999
This report describes the development of the juvenile justice system in the United States. It uses current data to look at where it is heading, and the recent trend of transferring certain juvenile cases to adult criminal court. Section 1 explains that the juvenile justice system was founded on the concept of rehabilitation through individualized…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Court Litigation, Criminal Law, Delinquency
Howell, James C. – 1997
Youth violence and the juvenile justice system in the United States are explored. Part 1 takes stock of the situation. The first chapter discusses the origins and evaluation of the juvenile justice system, and the second considers the contributions of the Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act to the existing juvenile justice…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Delinquency Prevention, Drug Use
