A Century of Juvenile Justice

by Rosenheim, Margaret K.; Zimring, Franklin E.; Tanenhaus, David S.; Dohrn, Bernardine; Simmons, Adele

• ISBN13: 9780226727837
• ISBN10: 0226727831
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-15
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

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. A Century of Juvenile Justice 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. 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 institutions and practices interacts with other aspects of government policy toward children in the U.S. and in other nations; and also the ways in which changing social and legal meanings of childhood and youth have continued to influence juvenile justice. The doctrine and institutions of juvenile justice in Europe, Japan, England, and Scotland are profiled in depth to show the range of modern responses to youth crime and child endangerment. This comparative material provides a fresh basis for judging the direction of policy in the U.S. Margaret K. Rosenheim is the Helen Ross professor Emerita in the School of Social Service Administration of the University of Chicago. Franklin Zimring is Professor of Law and Director of the Earl Warren Legal Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. David S. Tanenhaus is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Bernardine Dohrn is Director of the Children and Family Justice Center of Northwestern University Law School. Contributors: Anthony Bottoms Jaap Doek Bernardine Dohrn Peter Edelman John Eekelaar David Farrington Frank Furstenberg Michael Grossberg John Laub Paul Lerman Rolf Loeber Akira Morita Margaret K. Rosenheim Elizabeth Scott David S. Tanenhaus Lee Teitelbaum Mark Testa Franklin E. Zimring

Author Biography

Margaret K. Rosenheim is the Helen Ross Professor Emerita in the School of Social Service Administration of the University of Chicago.

Franklin E. Zimring is a professor of law and director of the Earl Warren Legal Institute at the University of California, Berkeley.

David S. Tanenhaus is an assistant professor of history and law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Bernardine Dohrn is an associate clinical professor and director of the Children and Family Justice Center of Northwestern University School of Law.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Preface	xii
1. Juvenile Justice in Historical Perspective	1	(110)
Changing Conceptions of Child Welfare in the United States, 1820-1935	3	(39)
Michael Grossberg
The Evolution of Juvenile Courts in the Early Twentieth Century: Beyond the Myth of Immaculate Construction	42	(32)
David S. Tanenhaus
Twentieth-Century Developments in America's Institutional Systems for Youth in Trouble	74	(37)
Paul Lerman
2 Juvenile Justice and Legal Theory	111	(66)
The Legal Construction of Childhood	113	(29)
Elizabeth S. Scott
The Common Thread: Diversion in the Jurisprudence of Juvenile Courts	142	(16)
Franklin E. Zimring
Status Offenses and Status Offenders	158	(19)
Lee Teitelbaum
3 Juvenile Justice and Social Science	177	(88)
A Century of Delinquency Research and Delinquency Theory	179	(27)
John H. Laub
Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders	206	(31)
David P. Farrington
Rolf Loeber
The Social Ecology of Child Endangerment	237	(28)
Mark E. Testa
Frank F. Furstenberg
4 Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare	265	(74)
The School, the Child, and the Court	267	(43)
Bernardine Dohrn
American Government and the Politics of Youth	310	(29)
Peter Edelman
5 Juvenile Justice in Comparative Perspective	339	(190)
The Modern American Juvenile Court	341	(19)
Margaret K. Rosenheim
Juvenile Justice in Japan: A Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspective	360	(21)
Akira Morita
Child Endangerment and Child Protection in England and Wales	381	(32)
John Eekelaar
The Divergent Development of Juvenile Justice Policy and Practice in England and Scotland	413	(92)
Anthony Bottoms
Modern Juvenile Justice in Europe	505	(24)
Jaap E. Doek
List of Contributors	529	(6)
Index	535