Within the world of juvenile justice, law enforcement and corrections officials are re-examining theories and punishments associated with juveniles. This book is a valuable resource for academic courses designed to compare and contrast juvenile justice systems and gain an appreciation of how different cultures approach juvenile justice.
But the potential audience also spans the judicial and general interest sectors. The text is organized, balanced and investigates a global concept of juvenile justice systems through the centuries.
Historically, children were considered property and had no legal rights. But over time, world community norms and the United Nations’ concept of acceptable juvenile justice have modified cultural and historical punishments.
One example is the U.S. ratification of the 1989 United Nations Convention of Rights of the Child Treaty, which decreed that individuals under 18 cannot be put to death by a court of law.
[For more of his story, written by James W. Beeks Sr., go to http://jjie.org/juvenile-justi...-perspective/157865/]
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