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Mémoire de Civilisation Américaine

Session: Juin 2000

Université Paris VII – Denis Diderot
U.F.R. d’études anglophones Charles V
10, rue Charles V
75004  PARIS

 


 

The U.S. Juvenile 

 

Justice System :

  

 

Punishment 

 

vs. 

 

Rehabilitation

 

  

 


 

Contents
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Introduction

8k

 

Chapter 1
Juvenile offenders and crimes 
 

1.1. At-risk youths: familial and social contexts 
 

67k

1.2. Juvenile offenders and crime
 

123k

 

Chapter 2
The U.S. Juvenile justice system : Structure and Process 
 

2.1. The rise and role of juvenile courts in U.S. history
  

147k

2.2. Juvenile justice system case processing: from the arrest to the sentencing
 

48k
2.3. Juveniles in criminal court
  
7k

 

Chapter 3
Rehabilitation programs and structures
 
3.1. Boot camps 
 
10k
3.2. Within the community
 
7k
3.3. The Therapeutic Community
 
7k
3.4. Other rehabilitation programs and structures
64k

 

Chapter 4
The “all-punitive” solution
 

4.1. Juveniles in correctional facilities
 

64k

4.2. Death penalty
 

8k

 

Chapter 5
Punishment or rehabilitation: different aspects of the debate
 

5.1. The effects of rehabilitation and punitive programs on recidivism
 

10k

5.2. Higher education vs. prison funding
 

7k

5.3. Punishment: the will of the people ?
 

8k

5.4. Law and Order: Politicians’ campaigning priority
 

7k

 

Conclusion

6k

 

Appendix
593k

 

Bibliography
 

11k
 

 


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