Judging Children as Children: A Proposal for a Juvenile Justice System

By Michael Corriero

Book Overview

At a time when America's court system increasingly tries juvenile offenders as adults, Michael Corriero draws directly from his experience as the founding judge of a special juvenile court to propose a new approach to dealing with youthful offenders. Since 1992, Judge Corriero has presided over the Manhattan Youth Part, a New York City court specifically designed to discipline teenage offenders. Its guiding principles, clearly laid out in this book, are that children are developmentally different from adults and that a judge can be a formidable force in shaping the lives of children who appear in court. "Judging Children as Children" makes a compelling argument for a better system of justice that recognizes the mental, emotional, and physical abilities of young people and provides them with an opportunity to be rehabilitated as productive members of society instead of being locked up in prisons.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592131689
• ISBN13: 9781592131686
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Great read

This book chronicles Judge Michael A. Corriero's extensive experiences dealing with youthful offenders in New York's criminal justice system. The book provides an insightful look into the criminal justice system while highlighting the shortcomings of the present youthful offender laws in New York and proposing reforms to deal with the special problems posed by the harsh treatment placed on youthful offenders in New York.