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Teen incarceration : from cell bars to ankle bracelets / Patrick Jones

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Jones, Patrick, 1946-
Published
Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, 2016.
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Contents
Introduction -- History -- Evidence -- Detained -- Reformed -- Imprisoned -- Alternatives -- Re-entering -- Horizons -- Glossary -- Source notes -- Selected bibliography -- Further information -- Index.
Summary
In the United States, the conversation about teen incarceration has moved from one extreme to another. For centuries, execution of juvenile offenders was legal. By the twenty-first century, the US Supreme Court had moved closer to banning all executions of minors, regardless of the severity of the crime. Since the 1990s, the US juvenile justice system has moved away from harsh punishment and toward alternative evidence-based models that include education, skills building, and therapy. In Teen Incarceration, readers meet former teen incarcerees who now lead exemplary lives. Learn how juvenile justice works in the United States and meet the people working to reform the system.
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ISBN
9781512411386 (electronic bk.)
1512411388 (electronic bk.)
9781512420654 (electronic bk.)
1512420654 (electronic bk.)
9781467775724 (lb ; alk. paper)
146777572X
Interest Grade
Grade 9 to 12.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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