CHILDREN'S COURTS IN THE UNITED STATES - THEIR ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENT, AND RESULTS - REPORTS PREPARED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PRISON COMMISSION

• NCJ Number: 16497
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 220 pages
• Corporate Author: US Congress
• Sale Source: AMS Press, Inc
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINT OF THE 1904 GPO PUBLICATION

Annotation

TREATS THE INSTITUTION, HISTORY, ENABLING LEGISLATION, AND OPERATING PROCEDURES OF CHILDREN'S COURTS IN EIGHT STATES.

Abstract

ILLINOIS, NEW YORK, COLORADO, PENNSYLVANIA, WISCONSIN, NEW JERSEY, INDIANA, AND MISSOURI ARE THE STATES EXAMINED REGARDING THE FORMATION AND OPERATION OF THEIR CHILDREN'S COURT SYSTEMS IN THE EARLY 1900'S. WITHIN EACH OF THE STATES, THE JUVENILE COURT SYSTEMS OF SPECIFIC LARGE CITIES ARE EXAMINED. THE APPENDIX INCLUDES A STATEMENT OF THE JUVENILE COURT LAWS FROM A NUMBER OF STATES, ALONG WITH BRIEF NOTES ON THE STATUS OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS IN SOME STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. CHICAGO, BUFFALO, BROOKLYN (NEW YORK), MILWAUKEE, INDIANAPOLIS, NEWARK (NEW JERSEY), SAINT LOUIS