The War on Kids How American Juvenile Justice Lost Its Way Cara 019060557X 9780190605575

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• ISBN 10: 019060557X
• ISBN 13: 9780190605575
• Author: Cara H. Drinan

In 2003, when Terrence Graham was sixteen, he and three other teens attempted to rob a barbeque restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida. Though they left with no money, and no one was seriously injured, Terrence was sentenced to die in prison for his involvement in that crime.As shocking as Terrence’s sentence sounds, it is merely a symptom of contemporary American juvenile justice practices. In the United States, adolescents are routinely transferred out of juvenile court and into adult criminal court without any judicial oversight. Once in adult court, children can be sentenced without regard for their youth. Juveniles are housed in adult correctional facilities, they may be held in solitary confinement, and they experience the highest rates of sexual and physical assault among inmates. Until 2005, children convicted in America’s courts were subject to the death penalty; today, they still may be sentenced to die in prison-no matter what efforts they make to rehabilitate themselves.

Table of contents:

1. Pioneer to Pariah: The Arc of American Juvenile Justice

2. Crime as a Child’s Destiny

3. Legal and Policy Paths to Juvenile Incarceration

4. Life While Down

5. Progress and Hope from the Nation’s High Court

6. The Uneven and Unpredictable Path of Implementation

7. The War for Kids

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