Achieving Juvenile Justice through Abolition: A Critical Review of Social Work’s Role in Shaping the Juvenile Legal System and Steps toward Achieving an Antiracist Future
The first juvenile court was created in 1899 with the help of social workers who conceptualized their actions as progressive. Youth were deemed inculpable for certain actions since, cognitively, their brains were not as developed as those of adults. Thus, separate measures were created to rehabilita...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Social Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/6/211 |