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Christine Watkins ed.

Should juveniles be tried as adults? / Christine Watkins, book editor. - Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2008. - 130 p. ; 24 cm. - At issue. Crime .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-122) and index.

Juveniles should not be tried in adult courts / Juveniles should be tried as adults in certain circumstances / The death penalty for minors should be considered on a case-by-case basis / The death penalty should never be considered for minors / Life without parole should be prohibited for minors / Life without parole should not be prohibited for minors / Adult sentencing does not deter juveniles from crime / Rehabilitation deters juveniles from crime better than adult prisons do / Juveniles do not understand the concept of adult sentencing / Adolescents are not competent to stand trial / Minors are not as blameworthy as adults / Minority youth are disproportionately imprisoned / Experts disagree whether juveniles should appear in court shackled / The juvenile justice system should be reformed / Hannah McCrea -- Mary Onelia Estudillo -- Dan Cutrer -- Drew S. Days III -- Ari Paul -- Trench Reynolds -- Enrico Pagnanelli -- Daniel B. Wood -- Richard E. Redding -- MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice -- Human Rights Watch -- Ellis Cose -- Martha T. Moore -- Barry Krisberg.

9780737740776 (hardcover) 9780737740783 (pbk.) 0737740779 (hardcover) 0737740787 (pbk.)

2008001001


Juvenile delinquents
Prosecution
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Community service (Punishment)
Criminal liability
debates

KF9812 / .S543 2008

345.73/03