NCJ Number
26564
Date Published
1972
Length
169 pages
Annotation
DESCRIPTION OF PROCEDURES UNDER CANTONAL LAW IN INVESTIGATION, TRYING AND PUNISHING JUVENILES, AND OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONS AND DISCIPLINARY MEASURES.
Abstract
EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON THE CONCERN FOR EDUCATION AND RESOCIALIZATION SHOWN BY CANTONAL LAW AND ON THE SAFEGUARDS FOR THE INTERESTS OF JUVENILES INCLUDED IN THE PROCEDURES. EXPLANATIONS ARE PROVIDED OF THE STATUS UNDER THE LAW OF THE VARIOUS AGE GROUPS. THE HISTORY OF LAW SPECIALLY CONCERNED WITH JUVENILES IN THE CANTON OF ZURICH IS ALSO REVIEWED. --IN GERMAN