Readings in Juvenile Justice Administration

This text is part of the Readings in Crime and Punishment series, a line of readers covering many aspects of the criminal justice, police, and correctional systems. In Readings in Juvenile Justice Administration, Barry C. Feld selects articles written by noted experts in the field, examining the juvenile justice system, focusing on juvenile courts, and the judicial, administrative, and correctional systems for the social control of criminal and non-criminal juvenile offenders. Feld considers legal and sociological aspects of juvenile justice administration, concentrating on causes of youth crime and development of juvenile offenders. Ideal for courses in the juvenile justice system and juvenile justice.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Part I. Origins of the Juvenile Court Introduction Janet E. Ainsworth, "Re-imagining Childhood and Reconstructing the Legal Order: The Case for Abolishing the Juvenile Court," 69 North Carolina Review 1083 (1991) Julian Mack, "The Juvenille Court," 23 Harvard Law Review 104-22 (1990) Anthony Platt, "The Triumph of BEnevolence," in Criminal Justice in America: A Critical Understanding 356-389 (Richard Quinney ed. 1974) Part II. Gateway to the Juvenile Justice Process -- Varities of Juvenile Courts Introduction Howard Snyder and Melissa Sickmund,Juvenile Offenders and Victims: A National Report (1995) Barry C. Field, "Justice By Geography: Urban Suburban, and Rural Variations in Juvenile Justice Administration,"82 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 156 (1991) Robert Sampson and John Laub, "Structural Variations in Juvenille Court Processing: Inequality, the Underclass, and Social Control,"27 Law & Society Review 285 (1993) Part III. Procedural Justice in Juvenile Court Introduction: The Constitutional Domestication of Juvenile Court A: Pretrial Detention: Introduction Howard Snyder and Melissa Sickmund, "Detention" in Juvenile Offenders and victims: A National Report (1995) Jeffrey Fagan and martin Guggenheim, " Preventative Detention and the Judicial Prediction of Dangerousness for Juveniles: A Natural Experiment," in 86 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 415 (1996) B: Right to Counsel in Juvenile Court: Introduction Barry C. Feld, "In re Gault Revisited: A Cross-State Comparison of the Right to Counsel in Juvenile Court," 34 Crime & Deliquency Barry C. Feld, "Right to Counsel in Juvenile Court: An Empirical Study of When Lawyers Appear and the Differences They Make,"79 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 1189 (1989) C: Jury Trial in Juvenile Court: Introduction Janet E. Ainsworth, "Re-imagining Childhood and Reconstructing the Legal Order: The Case for Abolishing the Juvenile Court," 69 North Carolina Law Review 1083 (1991) Joseph B. Sanborn, Remnants of Parens Patriae in the Adjudicatory Hearing: Is a fair Trial Possible in Juvenile Court," 40 Crime & Deliquency 599 (1994) Part IV. Transfer of Serious Young Offenders to Adult Court Introduction Federal Bureau of Investigation, "Juveniles and Violence" from Crime in the United States 1991 (1992) Howard Snyder and Melissa Sickmund, "Transfer" from Juvenile Offenders and Victims: A National Report (1995) A: Judicial Waiver Marcy Rasmussen Podkapacz and varry C. Feld, "The End of the Line: An Empirical Study of Judicial Waiver," 86 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 449 (1996) B: Legislative Offense Exclusion Simon Singer, "The Automatic Waiver of Juveniles and Substantive Justice," 39 Crime & Deliquency 253 (1993) C: Prosecutorial Waiver Donna Bishop and Charles Frazier, "Prosecutorial Waiver: Case Study of a Questionable Reform, " 35 Crime & Deliquency 179-198 (1989) Part V. Sentencing Deliquent Offenders Introduction Barry C. Feld, "The Juvenile Court Meets the Principle of Offense: Punishment, Treatment, and the Difference it Makes," 68 Boston University Law Review 821 (1988) A: Juvenile Court Sentencing Practices Robert M. Emerson, "Role Determinants in Juvenile Court," in Handbook in Criminology (1974) Donna M. Bishop and Charles Frazier, "Race Effects in Juvenile Justice Decision-Making: Findings of a Statewide Analysis," 86 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 392 (1996) B: Juvenile Institutions and Alternatives Howard Snyder and Melissa Sickmund, "Juvenile Corrections" from Juvenile Offenders and Victims: A National Report (1995) Barry C. Feld, "Comparative Analysis of Organizational Structure and Inmate Subculture in Institutions for Juvenile Offenders," 27 Crime & Deliquency 336 (1981) Peter W. Greenwood and Susan Turner, "Evaluation of the Paint Creek Youth Center: A Residential Program for Serious Delinquents," 31 Criminology 263 (1993) C: What Works? -- Rehabilitation as a Justification for the Juvenile Court John Whitehead and Steven Lab, "A Meta-analysis of Juvenile Correctional Treatment," 26 Journal of Research in Crime & Deliquency 276 (1989) Ted Palmer, "The Effectiveness of Intervention: Recent Trends and Current Issues," 37 Crime & Delinquency 330 (1991) Part VI. The Future of the Juvenile Court Introduction Garry Melton, "Taking Gault Seriously: Toward a New Juvenile Court," 68 Nebraska Law Review 146 (1989) Barry C, Feld, "Criminalizing the American Juvenile Court," 17 Crime and Justice 197 (1993) Irene Merker Rosenberg, "Leaving Bad Enough Alone: A Response to the Juvenile Court abolitionists," Wisconsin Law Review 1993: 163-85