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THE CHANGING LEGAL WORLD OF ADOLESCENCE attempts to explain changes in the legal conception of adolescence as a stage of life and as a transition to adulthood. The intended audience includes lawyers and others—such as parents, professionals, and teens—puzzled by trends labeled "children's liberation" and "the revolution in juvenile justice." Often cited and long recognized as an authority, it is considered a classic of law & society. The 2014 edition by Quid Pro Books includes a new Preface by the author.

Changes in legal conceptions of youth are interesting in their own right. They are also a useful way of examining important social, political, and economic changes. It is said that legal studies, "properly pursued, lead to a fuller understanding of the larger world of which the law and its institutions are a part." That is no less true when looking at "children" and "juveniles" through a legal lens.

The law often compartmentalizes underage persons with bright lines and legal fictions such as "parens patriae" to allow leeway for them that would not be tolerable for adults. The law creates huge divides based on status and age. The standards against which to judge the exit from adolescence are concrete and measurable: a single chronological age. And an adult is anyone the state legislature says is adult.

But life is not that simple, and the price we pay for sustaining such illusions is considerable. Adolescence is both a period in itself and a transition. This book takes seriously that status and the idea of transition, and attempts to explain the legal responses and concepts relevant to this important stage of life.

Part of the Classics of Law & Society Series by Quid Pro Books.

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About the Author:
Franklin E. Zimring is the William G. Simon Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author or coauthor of many books on topics including deterrence, juvenile law, capital punishment, the scale of imprisonment, and drug control. Such books include 'The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment' (voted a Book of the Year by The Economist), 'American Youth Violence,' and 'A Century of Juvenile Justice.'

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  • PublisherQuid Pro, LLC
  • Publication date2014
  • ISBN 10 1610272196
  • ISBN 13 9781610272193
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages178

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