American Travesty

Legal Responses to Adolescent Sexual Offending

AvFranklin E. Zimring

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

Del i serien Adolescent Development and Legal Policy

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Beskrivning

"An American Travesty" is the first scholarly book in half a century to analyze the justice system's response to sexual misconduct by children and adolescents in the United States. Writing with a refreshing dose of common sense, Franklin E. Zimring discusses our society's failure to consider the developmental status of adolescent sex offenders. Too often, he argues, the American legal system ignores age and developmental status when adjudicating young sexual offenders, in many cases responding as they would to an adult.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-04-01
Mått:15 x 23 x 1 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Adolescent Development and Legal Policy
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:The University of Chicago Press
Medarbetare:Allen,FrancisA.
ISBN:9780226983585

Utforska kategorier

Brottslighet och kriminologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Franklin E. Zimring is the William G. Simon Professor of Law at the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of numerous books, including, most recently, The Great American Crime Decline, and coeditor of A Century of Juvenile Justice, the latter published by the University of Chicago Press.

Recensioner i media

"An opinionated, articulate, and forceful critique of current politics and practices.... I would recommend this book for anyone interested in rethinking the fundamental questions of how our courts and systems should respond to these cases." - Law and Politics Book Review "One of the most important new books in the field of juvenile justice.... Zimring offers a thoughtful, research-based analysis of what went wrong with legal policy development." - Barry Krisberg, president, National Council on Crime and Delinquency "Franklin Zimring is one of the preeminent legal scholars in the United States today, and this exceptional, meticulous book shows why such status is so richly deserved." - Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare"