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Screwing the System and Making it Work: Juvenile Justice in the No-Fault Society - Hardcover

Jacobs, Mark D.

 
9780226389806: Screwing the System and Making it Work: Juvenile Justice in the No-Fault Society
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0226389804 ISBN 13: 9780226389806
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1990

Synopsis

Who is responsible for juvenile delinquency? Mark D. Jacobs uses ethnographic, statistical, and literary methods to uncover the many levels of disorganization in American juvenile justice. By analyzing the continuities betwen normal casework and exceptional cases, he reveals that probation officers must commonly contrive informal measures to circumvent a system which routinely obstructs the delivery of services to their clients. Jacobs defines the concept of the "no-fault society" to describe the larger context of societal disorder and interpersonal manipulation that the juvenile justice system at once reflects and exacerbates.

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About the Author

Mark Jacobs is associate professor of sociology at George Mason University.

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Juvenile Justice in the no-fault Society: Sociology / Criminal Justice / Law: Who is responsible for juvenile delinquency? Mark D. Jacobs uses ethnographic, statistical, and literary methods to uncover the many levels of disorganization in American Juvenile justice.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication date
1990
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0226389804
ISBN 13 
9780226389806
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
304