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An Executive Summary: Rethinking Juvenile Justice

Publication year: 2011 | Cataloged on: Mar. 08, 2012

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  • 025647

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  • 2011
  • 4 pages

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Thumbnail preview ANNOTATION: This brief provides a very nice summary of the book “Rethinking Juvenile Justice” by Elizabeth S. Scott and Laurence Steinberg. “They outline a new development model that is complex, nuanced, and grounded in scientific evidence” (p. 1). This publication explains why it is a great time for reform—we know more about adolescent development, public attitudes are changing, and incarcerating juveniles is not very cost-effective. This summary also discusses: fairness and the principle of proportionality, drawing age boundaries, and what to do with juveniles who are repeat offenders.
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