NCJ Number
188414
Date Published
2000
Length
928 pages
Annotation
The structure of the Fourth Edition of "The Juvenile Justice Process" remains the same as the Third Edition in providing a chronological examination of the juvenile justice system's handling of delinquency and related cases, but three new chapters were added at the beginning to reflect the expectations of the juvenile justice system in contemporary America.
Abstract
These new chapters address the use of the juvenile process in the effort to control the activities of criminal street gangs, the use of the juvenile process in the effort to ensure safe schools, and the use of the juvenile process in controlling access to public places by adolescents (primarily curfew laws). In the 15 years since the Third Edition was published, the changes in juvenile law have been revolutionary. This Fourth Edition reflects these changes. Over 80 percent of the cases and other materials in this edition were not in existence 15 years ago. The introductory section provides an overview of shifting perceptions of the juvenile justice process by comparing juvenile justice policies near the end of the 1960's with those that began to emerge in 1996. The three chapters of Part One, "The Juvenile Justice Process in Its Modern Social Context," discuss controlling street gang activities, crime control in schools, and controlling access to public places. The next 11 chapters pertain to "The Juvenile Justice Process as a Legal System." Topics covered by these chapters are the substantive law that governs juvenile conduct; taking into custody and investigation; intake decisions and preadjudication terminations; pretrial detention; the decision to prosecute as an adult or a child; adjudication proceedings; the dispositional phase; probation conditions, supervision, and revocation; juvenile correctional institutions; parole; and confidentiality in the juvenile process. A table of cases