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A painful view of the current state of juvenile justice in the United States is presented in this volume which asks whether the 'children's court' has outlived its usefulness. As pressure builds to handle more children in adult courts and to consign them to adult prisons, the authors explore alternatives to the custodial treatment of juveniles and suggest how the juvenile justice system can, and should, be reformed.Krisberg, Barry is the author of 'Reinventing Juvenile Justice', published 1993 under ISBN 9780803948297 and ISBN 0803948298.
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