PROBLEMS OF JUVENILE COURTS AND THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN

• NCJ Number: 34184
• Author(s): M G PAULSEN
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 188 pages
• Corporate Author: American Law Institute-American Bar Assoc
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS TEXT HIGHLIGHTS THE HISTORY OF THE JUVENILE COURTS AND THE RECENT CHANGES IN JUVENILE COURT PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES BY BRINGING TOGETHER THE TEXTS OF RELEVANT COMMENTARIES AND IMPORTANT U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.

Abstract

THE TEST OPENS WITH A SERIES OF EXCERPTS, MOSTLY OF MATERIALS WRITTEN EARLY IN THE HISTORY OF THE JUVENILE COURT, THAT ARE AIMED AT PRESENTING THE MAIN IDEAS AND CHIEF HOPES OF THE LEADERS OF THE JUVENILE COURT MOVEMENT. THE OPINIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT IN THREE KEY CASES ARE THEN REPRINTED: THESE DECISIONS WERE IN RE GAULT, IN RE WINSHIP, AND MCKEIVER V. PENNSYLVANIA. TWO DECISIONS BY THE ALASKA SUPREME COURT ARE PROVIDED TO ILLUSTRATE THE IMPACT OF THE GAULT DECISION AND THE APPLICATIONS OF JUVENILE JUSTICE WITHIN STATE CONSTITUTIONS AND COURT RULES. THE MOVE FOR JUVENILE COURT REFORM IS EXAMINED IN A COMMENTARY. FINALLY, MATERIALS ARE PRESENTED WHICH RAISE THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE JUVENILE COURT SYSTEM AND ITS COERCIVE POWERS SHOULD BE USED IN RESPECT TO A CHILD WHOSE CONDUCT IS NOT CRIMINAL BUT THOUGHT TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO HIS OR HER WELFARE. A BIBLIOGRAPHY AND TABLE OF CASES ARE PROVIDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)