Our children, their children confronting racial and ethnic differences in American juvenile justice / [electronic resource] : edited by Darnell F. Hawkins and Kimberly Kempf-Leonard. - Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, c2005. - 1 online resource (x, 459 p.) : ill. - The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on mental health and development . - John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on mental health and development. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Researchers argue that a second-rate and increasingly punitive juvenile justice system is allowed to persist since many believe it is designed for children in other ethnic and socioeconomic groups. Contributors look at the effects on juvenile justice of suburban sprawl.

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Juvenile justice, Administration of--United States.
Discrimination in juvenile justice administration--United States.
Crime and race--United States.
True Crime.
United States of America, USA.
Society & culture: general.
Social services & welfare, criminology.
Juvenile offenders.
Jurisprudence & general issues.

HV9104 / .O97 2005

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