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Old enough to do time : juvenile justice policies / produced, written, and directed by Roger Weisberg for Public Policy Productions.
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Weisberg, Roger.
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Justice, Administration of.
- Juvenile delinquents--Rehabilitation--United States.
- Juvenile delinquents.
- Juvenile justice, Administration of--United States.
- Juvenile justice, Administration of.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (59 min.).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1987.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- "If you re old enough to do the crime, you re old enough to do the time." This documentary investigates the results of this stern policy, a departure from earlier attitudes when juvenile courts were established specifically to help young people reform. We see juveniles as young as thirteen being tried as adults and incarcerated with adult criminals. This program also shows us four alternative correctional programs; one where minors are referred to community boards instead of the courts; a second, based on a wilderness "outward bound" program; a third, based on a residential model; and a fourth, a "tracking" program which keeps close tabs on youthful offenders. The documentary concludes that by locking up juveniles we gain some short term relief from crime, but in the long run we may be giving up on children who could have been turned around.
- Notes:
- Originally released as DVD.
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
- American Psychological Association, 1987
- EMMY Nomination, 1984
- Silver Gavel Award, American Bar Association,1984
- OCLC:
- 747798925
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