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Rethinking Juvenile Justice - Elizabeth S. Scott, Laurence Steinberg

Rethinking Juvenile Justice

Buch | Softcover
384 Seiten
2010
Harvard University Press (Verlag)
978-0-674-05746-3 (ISBN)
CHF 46,95 inkl. MwSt
What should we do with teens who commit crimes? Two leading scholars in law and adolescent development argue that juvenile justice should be grounded in the best available psychological science, which shows that adolescence is a distinctive state of cognitive and emotional development.
What should we do with teenagers who commit crimes? Are they children whose offenses are the result of immaturity and circumstances, or are they in fact criminals?

“Adult time for adult crime” has been the justice system’s mantra for the last twenty years. But locking up so many young people puts a strain on state budgets—and ironically, the evidence suggests it ultimately increases crime.

In this bold book, two leading scholars in law and adolescent development offer a comprehensive and pragmatic way forward. They argue that juvenile justice should be grounded in the best available psychological science, which shows that adolescence is a distinctive state of cognitive and emotional development. Although adolescents are not children, they are also not fully responsible adults.

Elizabeth Scott and Laurence Steinberg outline a new developmental model of juvenile justice that recognizes adolescents’ immaturity but also holds them accountable. Developmentally based laws and policies would make it possible for young people who have committed crimes to grow into responsible adults, rather than career criminals, and would lighten the present burden on the legal and prison systems. In the end, this model would better serve the interests of justice, and it would also be less wasteful of money and lives than the harsh and ineffective policies of the last generation.

Elizabeth S. Scott is Harold R. Medina Professor of Law at Columbia University. Laurence Steinberg is Distinguished University Professor and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology at Temple University.

* Introduction: The Challenge of Lionel Tate * The Science of Adolescent Development and Teens' Involvement in Crime * Regulating Children in American Law: The State as Parent and Protector * Why Crime Is Different * Immaturity and Mitigation * Developmental Competence and the Adjudication of Juveniles * Social Welfare and Juvenile Crime Regulation * The Developmental Model and Juvenile Justice Policy for the Twenty-First Century * Is Society Ready for Juvenile Justice Reform? * Notes * Acknowledgments * Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 30.10.2010
Verlagsort Cambridge, Mass
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 210 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie
Recht / Steuern Allgemeines / Lexika
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht Familienrecht
Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Besonderes Strafrecht
Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Kriminologie
ISBN-10 0-674-05746-5 / 0674057465
ISBN-13 978-0-674-05746-3 / 9780674057463
Zustand Neuware
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