Western Systems of Juvenile Justice - Malcolm W. Klein - Hardcover

This book will become the basic sourcebook for those concerned with comparative juvenile justice. Both authoritative and truly comparative, it describes the North American and eight major Western European systems of juvenile justice. A distinguished group of international contributors describe their own countries' policies and procedures. Each chapter delineates the basic structural components of the system and addresses some major questions concerning its underlying legal assumptions: the volume and nature of the flow of juveniles through the system; the level of discretion at major decision points; and the relationship of the justice system to other social service systems for juveniles. This work is essential to the development of empirical and theoretical advances in this field -- it will be of great value to juvenile justice professionals, criminologists, lawyers, other human service professionals and all students of comparative justice.Klein, Malcolm W. is the author of 'Western Systems of Juvenile Justice - Malcolm W. Klein - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780803921252 and ISBN 080392125X.