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Recriminalizing delinquency : violent juvenile crime and juvenile justice reform / Simon I. Singer.
LIBRA HV9105.N7 S56 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Singer, Simon I.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)
- Cambridge studies in criminology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Juvenile justice, Administration of--New York (State).
- Juvenile justice, Administration of.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--New York (State).
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Law reform.
- Violent crimes.
- Juvenile delinquency.
- Juvenile delinquents--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Juvenile delinquents.
- New York (State).
- Juvenile delinquents--Legal status, laws, etc--New York (State).
- Juvenile delinquency--New York (State)--Prevention.
- Violent crimes--New York (State)--Prevention.
- Law reform--New York (State).
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 230 pages ;c24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
- Summary:
- Recriminalizing Delinquency provides a detailed account of one state's attempt to control violent juvenile crime by redefining previous acts of delinquency as crimes, and delinquents as juvenile offenders. It begins with the brutal violence of a 15-year-old chronic delinquent, and the subsequent passage of waiver legislation which abruptly lowered the age of criminal responsibility for juveniles charged with violent offenses. But the reasons for bringing juveniles into criminal court, Singer argues, go beyond sensational acts of violence and the immediate concerns of elected officials to do something about violent juvenile crime. Instead, recriminalization is seen as a product of earlier juvenile justice reforms and modern-day political and organizational interests in classifying juveniles with a diverse set of legal categories. Singer shows that waiver legislation has not eliminated the need for juvenile justice nor has it reduced the incidence of violent juvenile crime.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0521482089
- OCLC:
- 32589318
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