Recriminalizing Delinquency : Violent Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice Reform (Paperback)

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Recriminalizing violent juvenile crime; 2. Taking stock of juvenile justice reforms; 3. Recriminalization on the move and its legal rules; 4. Contextual and legal reasons for identifying juveniles as criminal offenders; 5. The case processing of juvenile offenders: from arrest to disposition; 6. Recriminalization and organizing for deterrence; 7. Convicted juvenile offenders in a maximum security institution; 8. Concluding 'real' reasons for recriminalizing delinquency; Appendices; Notes.