An American travesty legal responses to adolescent sexual offending / [electronic resource] :
Franklin E. Zimring ; foreword by Francis A. Allen.
- Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
- 1 online resource (xv, 195 p.) : ill.
- Adolescent development and legal policy .
- Adolescent development and legal policy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'An American Travesty' examines the attitude of the American judicial system to juvenile sexual offenders. Too often, it argues, the system treats juveniles as if they were adults & failes to take either age or developmental status into account.
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Teenage sex offenders--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States. Sex crimes--United States. Juvenile courts--United States. True Crime. United States of America, USA. Society & culture: general. Crime & criminology. Juvenile offenders. Criminal law: procedure & offences.