Violent youth in adult court
Subtitle: the decertification of transferred offenders
By: Kareem L. Jordan.
Series: Criminal justice recent scholarship; Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Juvenile courts -- Pennsylvania.; Transfer of cause -- Pennsylvania.; Juvenile delinquents -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Pennsylvania.; Violent offenders -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Pennsylvania.; Violence in children -- Pennsylvania.
Description: Annotation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Juvenile justice and youth violence; title: Analyzing juvenile transfer; title: Labeling or deterrence; title: Research agenda; title: Quantitative findings; title: Qualitative findings; title: Discussion.