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Download full textDepartment of Justice, Washington, DC. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. – 1999
This report describes the development of the juvenile justice system in the United States. It uses current data to look at where it is heading, and the recent trend of transferring certain juvenile cases to adult criminal court. Section 1 explains that the juvenile justice system was founded on the concept of rehabilitation through individualized…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Court Litigation, Criminal Law, Delinquency
Snyder, Howard N.; Sickmund, Melissa – 1995
Consolidating the most requested information on juvenile offenders and victims in the United States, this report presents statistical data in a user friendly format. The report is designed as a series of briefing papers on specific topics and contains short sections designed to be read in isolation from other parts of the report. The report is…
Descriptors: Court Role, Criminal Law, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation
