juvenile courts

Examines the laws surrounding juvenile justice, including what the differences are between being tried as a juvenile and as an adult and how that decision is made.

Author Nell Bernstein argues that there is no "good way" to lock up a child, as she investigates the flaws within the juvenile justice system.

Examines the brutal treatment of youth in juvenile prisons and presents the argument that the current structure of juvenile prisons denies children the key to factor to a successful rehabilitation?positive, caring relationships with adults.

This book serves as a helpful guide for those who find themselves in the juvenile justice system.

Teens who find themselves in trouble with the law need to know how to deal with the justice system. The fact that a teen can be tried either as a juvenile, and proceed through the juvenile justice system, or as an adult, and proceed through the criminal justice system, complicates this. This user-friendly guidebook explains the differences between the two systems and the advantages and disadvantages of each. It emphasizes how teens can use their constitutional rights to defend themselves. Specific scenarios make abstract concepts easy to grasp. The author and the expert reader are both practicing lawyers.

Presents a story that provides insights into the challenges faced by children in the juvenile court system, and provides information about the history of America's juvenile justice, why young people are put in the system, the juvenile mentoring program, youth court, and prevention and rehabilitation measures.

Responsible teen Sadie is plummeted into a period of despair and reflection when her decision to take the fall on a drug charge for her older sister lands her a six-month stint in a juvenile detention center.

Turning her back on her life of crime, a poor girl, recently off probation, hopefully enters a new school in a ritzy suburb for her senior year, but the registration fee causes her to consider breaking and entering with her professional mentor one more time.

Shares a story about Jamie, a young boy who picks up a gun from the street on his way to school, thinking to scare a bully, and ends up in the juvenile court system, and provides facts about what happens when children break the law, the types of crimes kids commit, and various kinds of hearings and their outcomes.