Do the Crime, Do the Time: Juvenile Criminals and Adult Justice in the American Court System

by G. Larry Mays and Rick Ruddell

Book Overview

This book provides a fresh look at the way the United States is choosing to deal with some of the serious or persistent youth offenders: by transferring juvenile offenders to adult courts.

For more than 20 years now, the attitude in some jurisdictions has been "if you're old enough to do the crime, you're old enough to do the time." After two decades of applying this increasingly punitive mindset to juvenile offenders, it is possible...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313392420
• ISBN13: 9780313392429
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"