Rethinking Juvenile Justice

Rethinking Juvenile Justice
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 379
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ISBN-13 : 9780674043367
ISBN-10 : 0674043367
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Book Synopsis Rethinking Juvenile Justice by : Elizabeth S Scott

Download or read book Rethinking Juvenile Justice written by Elizabeth S Scott and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What should we do with teenagers who commit crimes? In this book, 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. Although adolescents are not children, they are also not fully responsible adults.


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