Add to ORKGManycontemporary criminal justice policiesin the United States are characterized by a punitive approach to crime control in the name of “getting tough ” on crime. This orientation, which took root in the 1970s and flourished in the late eighties and early nineties, grew “as society became disenchanted with the ability of the criminal justice system to reduce and pre-vent crime ” (Steiner & Hemmens, 2003, p. 1). Similarly, this perceived need to “crack down ” on crime extended to youth crime as well, as evidenced by the drastic rise in arrests for violent juvenile offenders in the 1980s and 1990s (Podkopacz & Feld, 2001). Echoing concerns over adult crime, public fear of juvenile crime – coupled with politicians ’ desire to appear “t...
In the past decade, much attention has focused on developmental brain research and its implications ...
The country’s punitive turn over the last forty years has spurred a robust research literature to do...
This article traces the evolution of the youth justice system in Canada and the United States and ex...
As increasingly more youth enter the criminal justice system, the question of racial disparities has...
Rising juvenile crime rates over three decades spurred legal mobilizations within many state legisla...
Network researchers examine whether the prosecution of adolescents as adults reduces crime and recit...
Rising juvenile crime rates during the 1970s and 1980s spurred state legislatures across the country...
Images of youngsters in handcuffs and prison uniforms have become common on the nightly news in the ...
Rising juvenile crime rates during the 1970s and 1980s spurred state legislatures across the country...
Contemporary concerns about youth violence and related legislative reforms have resulted in greater ...
This chapter discusses the research on the general and specific deterrent effects of transferring ju...
Since the 1960s, recurring cycles of political activism over youth crime have motivated efforts to r...
Since the 1960s, recurring cycles of political activism over youth crime have motivated efforts to r...
Since the 1960s, recurring cycles of political activism over youth crime have motivated efforts to r...
There is little dispute that racial disparities pervade the contemporary American juvenile justice s...
In the past decade, much attention has focused on developmental brain research and its implications ...
The country’s punitive turn over the last forty years has spurred a robust research literature to do...
This article traces the evolution of the youth justice system in Canada and the United States and ex...
As increasingly more youth enter the criminal justice system, the question of racial disparities has...
Rising juvenile crime rates over three decades spurred legal mobilizations within many state legisla...
Network researchers examine whether the prosecution of adolescents as adults reduces crime and recit...
Rising juvenile crime rates during the 1970s and 1980s spurred state legislatures across the country...
Images of youngsters in handcuffs and prison uniforms have become common on the nightly news in the ...
Rising juvenile crime rates during the 1970s and 1980s spurred state legislatures across the country...
Contemporary concerns about youth violence and related legislative reforms have resulted in greater ...
This chapter discusses the research on the general and specific deterrent effects of transferring ju...
Since the 1960s, recurring cycles of political activism over youth crime have motivated efforts to r...
Since the 1960s, recurring cycles of political activism over youth crime have motivated efforts to r...
Since the 1960s, recurring cycles of political activism over youth crime have motivated efforts to r...
There is little dispute that racial disparities pervade the contemporary American juvenile justice s...
In the past decade, much attention has focused on developmental brain research and its implications ...
The country’s punitive turn over the last forty years has spurred a robust research literature to do...
This article traces the evolution of the youth justice system in Canada and the United States and ex...