Choosing the Future for American Juvenile Justice

"After two decades of & get-tough policies that repudiated the original idea that & children are different, Choosing the Future for American Juvenile Justice provides an important and timely antidote. The essays examine both how politicians forgot juvenile courts founding principles and explore policy directions for the future. This outstanding collection by leading scholars examines important, but seldom addressed issues and concludes with a course of action for sensible policy reforms." - Barry Feld,author of Kids, Cops, and Confessions: Inside the Interrogation Room "This is an extraordinary volume. The contributors do more than remind us of the importance of the juvenile court to jurisprudence in America and elsewhere in the world. They give us nuanced directions on how to re-establish a juvenile justice system that is effective, fair, rational and developmentally appropriate." - Robert G. Schwartz,Executive Director, Juvenile Law Center, and co-editor of Youth on Trial "Zimring and TanenhausChoosing the Future for American Juvenile Justiceis a significant contribution to the study of adolescents. It provides a wealth of data and sharpens the argument for the immediate need to enact progressive reforms in the juvenile justice system." (J Youth Adolescence) "Categorized as a volume addressing criminology and law, this book has value beyond so narrow a scope. Indeed, it should be required reading for school administrators and board members, teachers-in-training, and youth advocates of all stripes, that these professionals might reconsider the implications of such practices as policing schools with school resource officers and feeding the school-to-prison pipeline." (Voya Voice of Youth Advocates)