Description

Cases and Materials on Juvenile Justice Administration 6th Edition Barry C. Feld ISBN 9781647082536

This casebook examines the law, policy, and administration of juvenile justice through three central lenses: the unique legal and regulatory frameworks governing children rather than adults; the procedural and substantive implications of a system that emphasizes rehabilitation over punishment; and the tensions between discretion and formal rules when states treat children differently than adults.

It explores adolescents’ capacity to exercise procedural rights and evolving understandings of their culpability, which influence outcomes in juvenile courts and sentencing as adults in criminal courts. The book integrates empirical research, developmental psychology, and neuroscience on adolescent competence, along with criminological studies addressing controversial issues such as gender and racial disparities in juvenile justice.

Key topics include pretrial detention, alternative sentencing options, and the circumstances under which youths are tried in criminal court. The latest edition incorporates recent Supreme Court rulings, including Eighth Amendment decisions recognizing children’s developmental differences and limiting judges’ sentencing authority, Fifth Amendment decisions reconsidering youthfulness in interrogations, and Fourth Amendment rulings clarifying school officials’ search powers.

Cases and Materials on Juvenile Justice Administration 6th Edition Barry C. Feld ISBN 9781647082536, 978-1647082536 & 9781685615222

Authors
Barry C. Feld
Perry L. Moriearty