Patching up the cracks
Subtitle: a case study of juvenile court reform
By: Michael D. Grimes.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Orleans Parish Juvenile Court.; Juvenile courts -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.; Juvenile justice, Administration of -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Other titles: Juvenile court reform
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Children's rights, the juvenile court, and child abuse and neglect; title: Juvenile justice in America, juvenile court reform, and the analytical framework for the study; title: Study's setting, its stimulus, and the research design; title: Context one : the social and institutional environment of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court; title: Context two : the perspectives of key stakeholders about the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court and the NOCTA Initiative; title: Tasks one and two : remedy crafting, implementation, and institutionalization; title: Tasks three through nine : remedy crafting, implementation, and institutionalization; title: Examination of the outcomes of the NOCTA Initiative; title: Summary, recommendations, and conclusions.