JUVENILE COURT - QUEST AND REALITIES (FROM CRIME AND DELINQUENCY, A READER, 1970 BY CARL A. BERSANI - SEE NCJ-006248)

• NCJ Number: 10223
• Author(s): E M LEMERT
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 11 pages
• Corporate Author: Macmillan
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINTED FROM TASK FORCE REPORT, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND YOUTH CRIME, PRES COMM ON LAW ENF, GPO, 1967

Annotation

RESPONSIBILITY OF THE JUVENILE COURT IN PREVENTING DELINQUENCY IS DISCUSSED IN RELATION TO THAT OF OTHER GROUPS, SUCH AS THE POLICE AND THE COMMUNITY.

Abstract

INCLUDED IN THE DISCUSSION IS THE STIGMA OF A JUVENILE RECORD, THE PHILOSOPHIES OF THE JUVENILE COURT, AND CURRENT VIEWS ON THE TREATMENT OF CHILD PROBLEMS. THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT THE JUVENILE COURT SYSTEM IS USED MUCH TOO OFTEN AND SUGGESTS THAT IT SHOULD BE RESERVED AS A LAST RESORT.