The Rights of Young People

by Martin Guggenheim and Alan Sussman

The laws affecting young people of all ages are complex, controversial, and have changed rapidly over the past twenty years. The rights of a minor in trouble may differ dramatically from those of an adult from the moment of arrest to the sentence imposed. Recent cases have also changed laws in the areas of child abuse and neglect, foster care, adoption, and the termination of parental rights. Further, special laws often govern a young person's right...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553248189
• ISBN13: 9780553248180
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.