The Evolution of the Juvenile Court: Race, Politics, and the Criminalizing of Juvenile Justice

From one of America's leading experts, an analysis of the history of the nation's juvenile justice system and a look at the future.

The juvenile court lies at the intersection of youth policy and crime policy, and reflects our changing ideas about children and crime control throughout history. In The Evolution of the Juvenile Court, noted law professor and criminologist Barry C. Feldprovides a sweeping overview of the American juvenile justice system's development and change over the past c...