
American Juvenile Justice is a definitive volume for courses on the criminology and policy analysis of adolescence. The focus is on the principles and policy of a separate and distinct system of juvenile justice. The book opens with an introduction of the creation of adolescence,...

This volume makes a major contribution to criminology and the policy analysis of adolescence, presenting a justification for the category of the juvenile or a period of partial responsibility before full adulthood. At the heart of the book is an argument for a penal policy that...