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Global perspectives on social issues : juvenile justice systems / by Paola Zalkind and Rita J. Simon.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zalkind, Paola, 1981-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Juvenile justice, Administration of--Cross-cultural studies.
- Juvenile justice, Administration of.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 199 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2004]
- Summary:
- "On November 20, 1959, the United Nations adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. The charter was meant to safeguard rights of children all over the world and to protect the most vulnerable members of society from mistreatment at the hands of their parents, the government, the military, educational institutions, and any establishment capable of exerting power over children." Paola Zalkind and Rita J. Simon begin Global Perspectives on Social Issues: Juvenile Justice Systems with a discussion of this declaration's failure. According to the authors, much of the world-including the most modern industrialized nations-has not lived up to the declaration's tenets. Juvenile Justice Systems discusses both the stated and legal rights of children in many parts of the world, their recognition in the face of criminal proceedings, and the actual experiences of children in different justice systems. This study is explicitly comparative, focusing on such subjects as the age of criminal responsibility, court systems for juvenile offenders, criminal rights of juveniles (measured against those of adults), and conditions and goals of punishment.
- Contents:
- 2 North America 7
- United States 7
- Canada 16
- 3 South America 25
- Chile 25
- Colombia 30
- 4 Western Europe 39
- United Kingdom 39
- Ireland 44
- France 49
- Germany 53
- Sweden 59
- 5 Eastern Europe 67
- Russia 68
- Poland 74
- Romania 78
- Hungary 83
- 6 The Middle East 93
- Israel 93
- Egypt 99
- Iran 103
- Syria 108
- 7 Africa 117
- South Africa 117
- Kenya 123
- Ghana 130
- Nigeria 135
- 8 Asia 145
- India 145
- China 151
- Japan 158
- 9 Australia 169.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0739107305
- OCLC:
- 54279900
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