The American Nightmare: Failures of Juvenile Justice and Recommendations for Change

The American Nightmare: Failures of Juvenile Justice and Recommendations for Change

American justice systems are among the most punitive in the world. Young people who come into conflict with the law should be diverted into community-based programs, instead of being adjudicated by courts and sent to systems of incarceration. Research demonstrates the ineffectiveness of incarceratio...

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Main Author: Egan, Jennie
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2017
Subjects:
Juvenile Justice
Juvenile Incarceration
Youth Incarceration
Juvenile Law
Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1680
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2640&context=cmc_theses
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spelling ndltd-CLAREMONT-oai-scholarship.claremont.edu-cmc_theses-26402017-05-23T03:31:10Z The American Nightmare: Failures of Juvenile Justice and Recommendations for Change Egan, Jennie American justice systems are among the most punitive in the world. Young people who come into conflict with the law should be diverted into community-based programs, instead of being adjudicated by courts and sent to systems of incarceration. Research demonstrates the ineffectiveness of incarceration as a means of delinquency control and the ways it actually worsens juveniles’ circumstances. 2017-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1680 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2640&context=cmc_theses © 2017 Jennie Egan default CMC Senior Theses Scholarship @ Claremont Juvenile Justice Juvenile Incarceration Youth Incarceration Juvenile Law
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Juvenile Incarceration
Youth Incarceration
Juvenile Law
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Juvenile Incarceration
Youth Incarceration
Juvenile Law
Egan, Jennie
The American Nightmare: Failures of Juvenile Justice and Recommendations for Change
description American justice systems are among the most punitive in the world. Young people who come into conflict with the law should be diverted into community-based programs, instead of being adjudicated by courts and sent to systems of incarceration. Research demonstrates the ineffectiveness of incarceration as a means of delinquency control and the ways it actually worsens juveniles’ circumstances.
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title_fullStr The American Nightmare: Failures of Juvenile Justice and Recommendations for Change
title_full_unstemmed The American Nightmare: Failures of Juvenile Justice and Recommendations for Change
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