ABSTRACT
The court hearings of one of the male juveniles in this case are particularly revealing because of the interchanges between the private counsel and the referee. Many negotiated encounters between Linda's parents and the P.O., the P.O. and her supervisor, the judge, probation officials at Juvenile Hall, teachers, and the like, preceded the court hearing. This chapter discusses the entire process is managed and negotiated by socially organized activities amenable to direct study and observation. It focuses on the object or delinquent act can be transformed by invoking an ideology to reread the "facts," character structure, family structure, mental stability, and the like. The explanation of the right to counsel was explained more carefully in City B than in City A, and the referee seemed more interested in drawing the parents into an active discussion of the "problem" and the disposition.
