ABSTRACT
Juvenile court has elicited the interest and criticism of lawyers, social workers, and criminologists, but less attention from sociologists. This book adds to growing sociological literature on the operations of legal institutions. It describes some critical aspects of the functioning of the juvenile court, an institution charged with judging and treating delinquents. To this end, it analyzes the nature of the court operation, the handling of delinquents, and the court's functions in relation to the wider social and legal system.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I. The Dilemmas of Treatment
part |2 pages
PART II. Case Management and Moral Character
part |2 pages
PART III. The Dilemmas of Authority