JUVENILE DETENTION - PROTECTION, PREVENTION, OR PUNISHMENT (FROM DIVERTING YOUTH FROM THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM - SEE NCJ-01896)

• NCJ Number: 2017
• Author(s): E Z FERSTER; E N SNETHEN
• Date Published: 1967
• Length: 36 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A NATIONAL SURVEY OF THE OBJECTIVES AND PRACTICES OF JUVENILE DETENTION.

Abstract

STATE DIFFERENCES, THE VARIOUS PROCEDURES BY WHICH JUVENILES MAY BE DETAINED, AND OFFICIALS WHO MAY DETAIN A JUVENILE ARE DISCUSSED. THE LACK OF LEGAL PROTECTION THE JUVENILE HAS FROM ARBITRARY OFFICALS IS STRESSED IN VIEW OF RECENT COURT DECISIONS. REFERENCES