A New Juvenile Justice System : : Total Reform for a Broken System / / ed. by Nancy E. Dowd.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Bach, Wendy A.,; Banner, Kaitlin,; Bell, James,; Burrell, Sue,; Christianakis, Mary,; Decker, Tim,; Domenici, David,; Dowd, Nancy E.,; Fedders, Barbara,; Fondacaro, Mark R.,; Frankel, Elizabeth M.,; Henning, Kristin,; Henry, Sia,; Katner, David R.,; Leone, Peter E.,; Lubow, Bart,; Martinez, Carlos J.,; Mora, Richard,; Ogletree Jr., Charles J.,; O’Leary, Renagh,; Redding, Richard E.,; Rosenberg, Robin,; Spudeas, Christina L.,; Thurau, Lisa H.,; Wilber, Shannan,
• HerausgeberIn: Dowd, Nancy E.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Ogletree Jr., Charles J.
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Families, Law, and Society ; 6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

A New Juvenile Justice System aims at nothing less than a complete reform of the existing system: not minor change or even significant overhaul, but the replacement of the existing system with a different vision. The authors in this volume-academics, activists, researchers, and those who serve in the existing system-all respond in this collection to the question of what the system should be. Uniformly, they agree that an ideal system should be centered around the principle of child well-being and the goal of helping kids to achieve productive lives as citizens and members of their communities. Rather than the existing system, with its punitive, destructive, undermining effect and uneven application by race and gender, these authors envision a system responsive to the needs of youth as well as to the community’s legitimate need for public safety. How, they ask, can the ideals of equality, freedom, liberty, and self-determination transform the system? How can we improve the odds that children who have been labeled as “delinquent” can make successful transitions to adulthood? And how can we create a system that relies on proven, family-focused interventions and creates opportunities for positive youth development? Drawing upon interdisciplinary work as well as on-the-ground programs and experience, the authors sketch out the broad parameters of such a system. Providing the principles, goals, and concrete means to achieve them, this volume imagines using our resources wisely and well to invest in all children and their potential to contribute and thrive in our society.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. SETTING THE AGENDA -- 1. Child Well-Being -- PART II. CORE COMPONENTS -- 2. A Silent Sea Change -- 3. Starting from a Different Place -- 4. Doing Things Differently -- 5. Delinquency, Due Process, and Mental Health -- PART III. ESSENTIAL PERSPECTIVES -- 6. Why Should We Treat Juvenile Offenders Differently than Adults? -- 7. Lost in Translation No More -- 8. Building on Advocacy for Girls and LGBT Youth -- 9. Invest Upstream to Promote the Well-Being of LGBT Youth -- PART IV. CRITICAL ACTORS -- 10. Correcting Racial Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System -- 11. Helping Adolescents Succeed -- 12. Fit to Be T(r)ied -- 13. Applying J.D.B. v. North Carolina -- PART V. SUPPORT SYSTEMS -- 14. What If Your Child Were the Next One in the Door? -- 15. Immigrant Children -- 16. Crossover Youth -- 17. Breaking the School-to- Prison Pipeline -- 18. No More Closed Doors -- 19. Collateral Consequences of Juvenile Court -- About the Contributors -- Index