Juvenile Crime: Annotated Bibliography

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Hinton, E (2015). Creating crime: The rise and impact of national juvenile delinquency programs in Black urban neighborhoods. Journal of Urban History. (41)5, 808-824. Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/0096144215589946 Discusses the War on Drugs during the Johnson administration as well as other polices concerning War on Crime. Discusses the effect of these wars and mass incarceration. Discusses the Safe Streets Act in relation to the black urban neighborhood concerning War on crime and the Juvenile Delinquency and Prevention Act. Addresses issues concerning penal confinement and rehabilitative programs.

Hinton, W. Sims, P, Adams, M, and West, C. (2007). Juvenile justice a system divided. Criminal Justice Policy Review. (18)4, 466-483. Sage Publications. doi:10.1177/0887403407304578 Discusses the fluctuation between polices concerning juvenile delinquents over the past 300 years. Reviews research on the …show more content…

(1999). Are 100 years of juvenile justice being reversed? Reclaiming Children and Youth, 8(3), 140. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/docview/214203295?accountid=14872 Discusses the history and transformation of how juvenile offenders were handled starting from the first several hundred years including the colonial period. Discussed issues surrounding the inception of the juvenile justice system and how through the times there have been poor practices and inappropriate care. Discusses how juvenile crime has escalated in severity and thus juvenile offender is being tried and convicted as adults. Documents the transformation of how juveniles are viewed and handled by the juvenile justice system. Provides implications on how to raise healthy kids. Podkopacz, M. R., & Feld, B. C. (1996). The end of the line: An empirical study of judicial waiver. Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, 86(2), 449. Retrieved from

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