Juvenile Justice in Global Perspective / / ed. by Maximo Langer, Franklin E. Zimring, David S. Tanenhaus.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Beloff, Mary,; Chung, Jae-Joon,; Dünkel, Frieder,; Gao, Weijian,; Kumari, Ved,; Langer, Máximo,; Lappi-Seppälä, Tapio,; Salaymeh, Lena,; Skelton, Ann,; Stańdo-Kawecka, Barbara,; Tanenhaus, David S,; Zimring, Franklin E.,
• HerausgeberIn: Langer, Maximo,; Tanenhaus, David S.,; Zimring, Franklin E.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Youth, Crime, and Justice ; 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

An unprecedented comparison of juvenile justice systems across the globe, Juvenile Justice in Global Perspective brings together original contributions from some of the world's leading voices.While American scholars may have extensive knowledge about other justice systems around the world and h...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I. Western Europe
• 1. Juvenile Justice and Crime Policy in Europe
• 2. Juvenile Justice without a Juvenile Court
• Part II. Major Understudied Systems
• 3. The Development and Prospect of Juvenile Justice in the People’s Republic of China
• 4. Juvenile Justice in India
• 5. Myths and Realities of Juvenile Justice in Latin America
• 6. Juvenile Justice in Muslim-Majority States
• Part III. The Relationship between Political Change and Juvenile Justice: Three Case Studies
• 7. Juvenile Justice in Poland
• 8. Freedom in the Making
• 9. Legislative Impact, Political Change, and Juvenile Detention
• Part IV. Some Theoretical Implications
• 10. One Theme or Many?
• About the Contributors
• Index