Juveniles in the Family Courts

“Over the past decade, the State of New York has radically changed its approach to and treatment of delinquents. The age of criminal responsibility has been reduced to fourteen years for serious felonies. The push is toward more severe consequences for antisocial youths as this abandonment of liberal values has become a cause celebre. ‘Juveniles in the Family Courts’ attempts to interpret this hardening of social values within the context of the history of the juvenile court. The volume is a case study of juvenile court practices and ideology.”  –James C. Weissman, The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (Winter, 1983)

Additionally reviewed in Social Service Review, Criminology, and Criminal Law and Journal of Crime and Delinquency.