Juvenile Justice

Juvenile Justice

The Legal History of Juvenile Justice in the United States Law

This section provides an overview of Juvenile Justice in the United States Law.

Resources

See Also

  • Legal Biography
  • Legal Traditions
  • Historical Laws
  • History of Law

Further Reading

  • Juvenile Justice in United States Law in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press)
  • The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History (Oxford University Press)
  • Juvenile Justice in United States Law in the Dictionary of Concepts in History, by Harry Ritter
  • Amnesty International. (1998). Betraying the young: Human rights violations against children in the U.S. justice system. New York: Amnesty International.
  • Arnsten, A., & Shansky, R. (2004). Adolescence: Vulnerable period for stress-induced prefrontal cortical function. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1021 (Adolescent brain development: Vulnerabilities and opportunities), 143-147.
  • Barton, W. (2006). Incorporating the strengths perspective into intensive juvenile aftercare. Western Criminology Review, 7(2) 48-61.
  • Beck, A. & Harrison, P. (2010) Sexual victimization in juvenile facilities reported to youth, 2008-2009. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, OJJDP, BCJ228426.
  • Beckett, K., & Western, B. (2000). The institutional sources of incarceration: Deviance, regulation and the transformation of state policy. Paper presented at the American Criminology Society Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Bishop, D. (2000). Juvenile offenders in the adult criminal justice system. In M. Tonry (Ed.). Crime and justice: A review of research. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Bishop, D., & Frazier, C. (2000). Consequences of Transfer. In J. Fagan & F. Zimring (Eds.), The changing borders of juvenile justice (pp. 227-276). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Bridges, G. S., & Steen, S. (1998). Racial disparities in official assessment of juvenile offenders; Attributional stereotypes as mediating mechanisms. American Sociological Review, 63(4), 554-570.
  • Edelman, P. (2002). American government and the politics of youth. In M. Rosenheim (Eds.), A century of juvenile justice (pp. 310-339). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Fagan, J. (1996). The comparative advantage of juvenile versus criminal court sanction among adolescent felony offenders. Law and Society, 18(1), 77-114.
  • Feld, B., & Bishop, D. (2012). Oxford Handbook of Juvenile Justice. New York: Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Fowler, P., & Toro, P. (2006). Youth aging out of foster care in southeast Michigan. Detroit, MI: Dept. of Psychology, Wayne State University.
  • Garland, D. (2001). The culture of control. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Greenwood, P. (2006). Changing lives: Delinquency prevention as crime-control policy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Greenwood, P., & Turner, S. (2011) Establishing effective community-based care in juvenile justice. In F. Sherman & F. Jacobs, (Eds.), Juvenile justice: Advancing research, policy and practice (pp. 471-504). New York: Wiley.
  • Griffin, P. (2005). Juvenile court-controlled reentry: Three practice models. Special Project Bulletin. Pittsburgh, PA: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, National Center for Juvenile Justice.
  • Griffin, P., Addie, S. Adams, B., & Firestone, K. (2011). Trying juveniles as adults: An analysis of state transfer laws and reporting. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, OJJDP.
  • Grisso, T. (2004). Double jeopardy: Adolescent offenders with mental disorders. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Harrison, P., & Beck, A. (2006). Prisoners in 2005. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. NCJ 215092.
  • Hawkins, D., & Kempf-Leonard. (2005). Our children, their children. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Hockenberry, S., Sickmund, M., & Sladky, A. (2011) Juvenile residential facility census, 2008: Selected findings. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs OJJDP.
  • Hockenberry, S. (2013). Juveniles in Residential Placement, 2010. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency.
  • Holzer, H. (2010) Avoiding a lost generation: How to minimize the impact of the Great Recession on young workers. Testimony Before the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, May 28.
  • Human Rights Watch. (2005). The rest of their lives: Life without parole for child offenders in the U.S. New York: Author & Amnesty International.
  • Jonson-Reid, M., & Barth, R. (2000). From treatment report to juvenile incarceration. The role of child welfare services. Children and Youth Services Review, 22(7), 493-516.
  • Kelly, K. (2002). Abuse/neglect and delinquency: Dually involved minors in the juvenile court. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Chicago.
  • Kempf-Leonard, K. (2012). The conundrum of girls and juvenile justice processing. In B.C. Feld & D. Bishop (Eds.), The Oxford history of juvenile crime and juvenile justice (pp. 485-525). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Krisberg, B., & Marchionna, S. (2007, February). Attitudes of US voters toward youth crime and the justice system. Focus. San Francisco: National Council on Crime and Delinquency.
  • Lerman, P. (2002). Twentieth century developments in America’s institutional system for youth in trouble. In M. Rosenheim (Ed.), A century of juvenile justice (pp. 74-110). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Lipsey, M., & Wilson, D. (1998). Effective intervention for serious delinquency in adolescence and early adulthood. In R. Loeber & D. Farrington (Eds.), Serious and violent juvenile offenders. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
  • McNeece, C. A., & Jackson, S. (2004). Juvenile justice policy: Current trends and 21st century issues. In A. Roberts (Ed.), Juvenile Justice Sourcebook (pp. 41-68). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Mears, D., Hay, C., Gertz, M., & Mancini, C. (2007). Public opinion and the foundation of the juvenile court. Criminology, 45(1), 223-258.
  • Michalic, S., Fagan, A., Irwin, K., Ballard, D., & Elliot, D. (2002). Blueprints for violence prevention replications: Factors for implementation success. Boulder, CO: Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado.
  • Mulvey, E. (2011a). Highlights from pathways to desistance: A longitudinal study of serious adolescent offenders. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, OJJDP.
  • Mulvey, E. (2011b). No place for kids: The case for reducing juvenile incarceration. Baltimore: Annie E. Casey Foundation.
  • National Research Council. (2013). Reforming juvenile justice: A developmental approach. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2013.
  • Nunn, K. (2002). The child as other: Race and differential treatment in the juvenile justice system. DePaul Law Review, 51(Spring), 134-146.
  • Osgood, D. W., Foster, M., Flanagan, C., & Ruth, G. (2005). On your own without a net: The transition to adulthood for vulnerable populations. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice. (1967). Task Force Report. Washington, DC: U.S. Govt. Printing Office.
  • Puzzanchera, C. (2011). Juvenile Arrests, 2009. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. OJJDP.
  • Puzzanchera, C., Adams, B., & Hockenberry, S. (2012). Juvenile court statistics 2009. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, OJJDP.
  • Rosenheim, M. (2002). The modern American juvenile court. In M. Rosenheim, F. Zimring, D. Tanenhaus, & B. Dohrn (Eds.), A century of juvenile justice (pp. 341-360). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Ross, T., & Miller, J. (2011). How American government frames youth problems. In Sherman, F., & Jacobs, F. (Eds.), Advancing research, policy and practice (pp. 352-368). New York: Wiley.
  • Ryan, J., Hong, J., & Hernandez, P. (2010) Kinship foster care and the risk of juvenile delinquency. Children and Youth Services Review, 32(2), 1823-1830.
  • Sampson, R., Morenoff, J., & Raudenbush, S. (2005). Social anatomy of racial and ethnic disparities in violence. American Journal of Public Health, 95(2), 224-232.
  • Sarri, R., & Shook, J. (2005). Human rights and juvenile justice in the United States: Challenges and opportunities. In M. Ensalaco & L. Majka (Eds.), Children’s Human Rights (pp. 197-228). New York: Rowman and Littlefield.
  • Sarri, R., Shook, J., & Ward, G. (2001). Decision making in juvenile justice: A comparative study of four states. Ann Arbor: Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.
  • Scott, E., & Grisso, T. (1997). The evolutions of the adolescence: A developmental perspective on juvenile justice. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 88, 137-138.
  • Setterstein, R., Furstenberg, F., & Rumbaut, R. (2005). On the frontier of young adulthood: Theory, research and public policy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Shook, J., & Sarri, R. (2008), Trends in the commitment of juveniles to adult prisons: Toward an increased willingness to treat juveniles as adults. The Wayne Law Review, 54(4), 1725-1765.
  • Sickmund, M., Sladky, T. J., & Kang, W. (2011). Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement.
  • Snyder, H. N. (2012). Juvenile delinquents and juvenile justice clientele: Trends and patterns in crime and justice. In B. Feld & D. Bishop (Eds.), Oxford handbook of juvenile justice (pp. 3-30). NewYork: Oxford University Press.
  • Snyder, H. N., & Sickmund, M. (2006). Juvenile offenders and victims: 2006 national report. Washington, DC: OJJDP, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.
  • Spear, L. (2000). The adolescent brain and age-related behavioral manifestations. Neuroscience Biobehavior, 24, 417-463.
  • Spencer, M. B., & Jones-Walker, C. (2004). Interventions and services offered to former juvenile offenders reentering their communities: An analysis of program effectiveness. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 2(1), 88-89.
  • Tanenhaus, D. (2002). The evolution of the juvenile court in the early twentieth century. In M. Rosenheim, F. Zimring, D. Tanenhaus, & B. Dohrn (Eds.), A century of juvenile justice (pp. 42-74). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Task Force Report on Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice. (1974). Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
  • Tyler, J., Zeidenberg, J., & Lotke, E. (2006). Cost effective youth corrections: The fiscal architecture of rational juvenile justice systems. Washington, DC: Justice Policy Institute.
  • U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2012). Census of Juveniles Below the Age of 18 in Prisons and Jails.
  • U.S. Surgeon General. (2001). Delinquency prevention programs that do not work. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
  • Ward, G. (2012). The black childsSavers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Zimring, F. E. (2002). The common thread: Diversion in the jurisprudence of juvenile courts. In M. Rosenheim, F. Zimring, D. Tanenhaus, & B. Dohrn (Eds.), A century of juvenile justice (pp. 142-158). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Zahn, M. (2009). The delinquent girl. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
  • Zimring, F. E. (2004). An American travesty. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

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