Margaret K. Rosenheim is the Helen Ross professor Emerita in the School of Social Service Administration of
the University of Chicago.
Zimring, Franklin : University of California
Franklin Zimring is Professor of Law and Director of the Earl Warren Legal Institute at the University of California,
Berkeley.
Tanenhaus, David : University of Nevada
David S. Tanenhaus is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Dohrn, Bernardine : Northwestern University Law School
Bernardine Dohrn is Director of the Children and Family Justice Center of Northwestern University Law School.
Summary
Since its inception in Illinois in 1899, the juvenile court has become a remarkable legal and social institution
all over the developed world, one that plays a singular role in modern government. At its founding, the juvenile
court was intended to reverse longstanding legal traditions, and place the child's interests first in areas of
law ranging from dependency to delinquency. Yet in recent years legal responses to youths' offences have undergone
striking changes, as more juveniles are being transferred to adult courts and serving adult sentences.
A Century of Juvenile Justice is the first standard, comprehensive and comparative reference work to span the history
and current state of juvenile justice. An extraordinary assemblage of leading authorities have produced a accessible,
illustrated document, designed as a reference for everyone from probation personnel and police to students, educators,
lawyers, and social workers.
Editors' introductions place into context each of the book's five sections, which consider the history of the ideas
around which the system was organized and the institutions and practices that resulted; the ways in which this
set of institutions and practices interacts with other aspects of government policy toward children in the U.S.
and in other nations; and also the ways in which changing social and legal meanings of childhood and youth have
continued to influence juvenile justice. The doctrine and institutions of juvenile justice in Europe, Japan, England,
and Scotland are profiled in depth to show the range of modern responses to youth crime and child endangerment.
This comparative material provides a fresh basis for judging the direction of policy in the U.S.
Table of Contents
I Juvenile Justice in Historical Perspective
II Juvenile Justice and Legal Theory
III Juvenile Justice and Social Science
IV Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare
V Juvenile Justice in Comparative Perspective
