(In) Justice for Juveniles: Rethinking the Best Interests of the Child

Ira M. Schwartz (Author); Senator Birch Bayh (Foreword by)

ISBN 10: 0669149632 / ISBN 13: 9780669149630

Published by Lexington Books/D.C. Heath & Company, Lexington, MA & Toronto, ON, Canada, 1989

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184 pp. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy and dust jacket! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy and dust jacket with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Dust jacket shows minimal wear around edges.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: (In) Justice for Juveniles: Rethinking the Best Interests of the Child
• Publisher: Lexington Books/D.C. Heath & Company, Lexington, MA & Toronto, ON, Canada
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0669149632
• ISBN 13: 9780669149630
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Terrence M. Fehr (Jacket Design)
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Academic, Scholarly, Research
  • Current Affairs, Current Events, Politics
  • Law, Jurisprudence, Legal Studies

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Synopsis

In this highly charged, insightful investigation, Ira Schwartz takes us through a fascinating inquiry into the entire juvenile justice system in the United States. Tracing the past twenty years of attempted reforms through current trends, he measures the impact of various administrative, legal, and fiscal reform efforts and illustrtes how the contemporary juvenile justice system is still in shambles for the majority of our youth.

About the Author

A past administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in the U.S. Department of Justice, Ira Schwartz now serves as a professor and director of the Center for the Study of Youth Policy at the University of Michigan's School of Social Work.