Beschreibung:
RECRIMINALIZING DELINQUENCY examines one state's response to violent juvenile crime through waiver legislation that transfers jurisdiction over juveniles from juvenile court to criminal court. It focuses on the creation, implementation, and effects of waiver legislation that lowers the eligible age of criminal responsibility to thirteen for murder and fourteen for other violent offenses.
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Recriminalizing violent juvenile crime; 2. Taking stock of juvenile justice reforms; 3. Recriminalization on the move and its legal rules; 4. Contextual and legal reasons for identifying juveniles as criminal offenders; 5. The case processing of juvenile offenders: from arrest to disposition; 6. Recriminalization and organizing for deterrence; 7. Convicted juvenile offenders in a maximum security institution; 8. Concluding 'real' reasons for recriminalizing delinquency; Appendices; Notes.