(In)Justice for Juveniles: Rethinking the Best Interests of the Child - Hardcover

Schwartz, Ira M.

 
9780669149630: (In)Justice for Juveniles: Rethinking the Best Interests of the Child

Synopsis

In this highly charged, insightful investigation, Ira Schwartz takes us through a fascinating inquiry into the entire juvenile justice system in the United States. Tracing the past twenty years of attempted reforms through current trends, he measures the impact of various administrative, legal, and fiscal reform efforts and illustrtes how the contemporary juvenile justice system is still in shambles for the majority of our youth.

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About the Author

A past administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in the U.S. Department of Justice, Ira Schwartz now serves as a professor and director of the Center for the Study of Youth Policy at the University of Michigan's School of Social Work.

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9780669149647: Injustice for Juveniles: Rethinking the Best Interest of the Child

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ISBN 10:  0669149640 ISBN 13:  9780669149647
Publisher: Prentice Hall & IBD, 1988
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