Do the Crime, Do the Time: Juvenile Criminals and Adult Justice in the American Court System

G. Larry Mays,Rick Ruddell

Do the Crime, Do the Time: Juvenile Criminals and Adult Justice in the American Court System
Format
Hardback
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Country
United States
Published
9 March 2012
Pages
242
ISBN
9780313392429

Do the Crime, Do the Time: Juvenile Criminals and Adult Justice in the American Court System

G. Larry Mays,Rick Ruddell

This book provides a fresh look at the way the United States is choosing to deal with some of the serious or persistent youth offenders: by transferring juvenile offenders to adult courts.

For more than 20 years now, the attitude in some jurisdictions has been if you’re old enough to do the crime, you’re old enough to do the time. After two decades of applying this increasingly punitive mindset to juvenile offenders, it is possible to see the actual consequences of transferring more and younger offenders to adult courts.

In Do the Crime, Do the Time: Juvenile Criminals and Adult Justice in the American Court System, the authors apply their decades of experience, both in the practical world and from unique research perspectives, to shed light on the influence of public opinion and the political forces that shape juvenile justice policy in the United States. The book provides a fresh look at the way the United States is choosing to deal with some of the serious or persistent juvenile offenders, utilizing real-life examples and cases to draw connections between transfer policies and individual outcomes.

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