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Do the Crime, Do the Time: Juvenile Criminals and Adult Justice in the American Court System
This book provides a fresh look at the way the United States is choosing to deal with some of the serious or persistent youth offenders: by transferring juvenile offenders to adult courts. For more than 20 years now, the attitude in some jurisdictions has been "if you're old enough to do the crime, you're old enough to do the time."
| Author(s) | By G. Larry Mays, Rick Ruddell. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 264 |
| Published in | United States |
| Published | 9 Mar 2012 |
| Availability | Not yet available |
This book provides a fresh look at the way the United States is choosing to deal with some of the serious or persistent youth offenders: by transferring juvenile offenders to adult courts. For more than 20 years now, the attitude in some jurisdictions has been "if you're old enough to do the crime, you're old enough to do the time."
Acknowledgments Introduction ONE: Adult Time for Adult Crimes TWO: Understanding the System THREE: Juvenile Crime and Transfer Trends FOUR: Transfers and Public Policy FIVE: The Supreme Court Defines the Boundaries of Juvenile Justice SIX: Public O
G. Larry Mays, PhD, is Regents Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. Mays is author or editor of 18 books and nearly 100 scholarly articles, book chapters, encyclopedia entries, and practitioner publications.
