An American travesty
Zimring, Franklin E.
An American travesty legal responses to adolescent sexual offending / [electronic resource] : Franklin E. Zimring ; foreword by Francis A. Allen. - University of Chicago Press, 2004. - 1 online resource (xv, 195 p.) : ill. - Adolescent development and legal policy . - Adolescent development and legal policy. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-188) and index.
Three case studies -- Continuity and change in American sex-crime policy -- The juvenile sex-offender -- The emergence of juvenile sex offender treatment -- The sex offender in juvenile court -- Reform in juvenile court -- Registration, community notification, and juvenile sex offenders.
An American Travesty is the first scholarly book in half a century to analyze the justice system's response to sexual misconduct by children and adolescents in the United States. Writing with a refreshing dose of common sense, Franklin E. Zimring discusses our society's failure to consider the developmental status of adolescent sex offenders. Too often, he argues, the American legal system ignores age and developmental status when adjudicating young sexual offenders, in many cases responding as they would to an adult. "An opinionated, articulate, and forceful critique of current politics and p.
9780226983592 (electronic bk.) 0226983595 (electronic bk.)
Teenage sex offenders--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Sex crimes--United States.
Juvenile courts--United States.
Jeunes délinquants sexuels--Droit--États-Unis.
Crimes sexuels--États-Unis.
Tribunaux pour enfants et adolescents--États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sexual Abuse & Harassment.
სამართლებრივი რეაგირება მოზარდის სექსუალურ შეურაცხყოფაზე
Electronic books.
KF9802 / .Z56 2004eb
364.15/3/08350973
An American travesty legal responses to adolescent sexual offending / [electronic resource] : Franklin E. Zimring ; foreword by Francis A. Allen. - University of Chicago Press, 2004. - 1 online resource (xv, 195 p.) : ill. - Adolescent development and legal policy . - Adolescent development and legal policy. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-188) and index.
Three case studies -- Continuity and change in American sex-crime policy -- The juvenile sex-offender -- The emergence of juvenile sex offender treatment -- The sex offender in juvenile court -- Reform in juvenile court -- Registration, community notification, and juvenile sex offenders.
An American Travesty is the first scholarly book in half a century to analyze the justice system's response to sexual misconduct by children and adolescents in the United States. Writing with a refreshing dose of common sense, Franklin E. Zimring discusses our society's failure to consider the developmental status of adolescent sex offenders. Too often, he argues, the American legal system ignores age and developmental status when adjudicating young sexual offenders, in many cases responding as they would to an adult. "An opinionated, articulate, and forceful critique of current politics and p.
9780226983592 (electronic bk.) 0226983595 (electronic bk.)
Teenage sex offenders--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Sex crimes--United States.
Juvenile courts--United States.
Jeunes délinquants sexuels--Droit--États-Unis.
Crimes sexuels--États-Unis.
Tribunaux pour enfants et adolescents--États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sexual Abuse & Harassment.
სამართლებრივი რეაგირება მოზარდის სექსუალურ შეურაცხყოფაზე
Electronic books.
KF9802 / .Z56 2004eb
364.15/3/08350973