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<p>Since its inception in Illinois in 1899, the juvenile court has become a remarkable legal and social institution all over the developed world, one that plays a singular role in modern government. At its founding, the juvenile court was intended to reverse longstanding legal traditions, and place the child's interests first in areas of law ranging from dependency to delinquency. Yet in recent years legal responses to youths' offences have undergone striking changes, as more juveniles are being transferred to adult courts and serving adult sentences.</p> <p><i>A Century of Juvenile Justice</i> is the first standard, comprehensive and comparative reference work to span the history and current state of juvenile justice. An extraordinary assemblage of leading authorities have produced a accessible, illustrated document, designed as a reference for everyone from probation personnel and police to students, educators, lawyers, and social workers.</p> <p>Editors' introductions place into context each of the book's five sections, which consider the history of the ideas around which the system was organized and the institutions and practices that resulted; the ways in which this set of ins
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- Author
- Margaret K. Rosenheim ... [et al.]
- Publisher
- Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226727837
- Category
- law
- Subjects
- Law
- Rating
- 4.7 / 5 (5 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14