Teen incarceration : from cell bars to ankle bracelets

Label

Teen incarceration : from cell bars to ankle bracelets

Title remainder

from cell bars to ankle bracelets

Statement of responsibility

Patrick Jones

Creator

• Jones, Patrick, 1946-

Author

• Jones, Patrick, 1946-

Subject

• Minority youth -- Juvenile literature
• Juvenile delinquency -- Juvenile literature
• Deviant behavior -- Prevention -- Juvenile literature

Genre

• Juvenile literature

Language

eng

Summary

In the United States, the conversation about teen incarceration has moved from one extreme to another. For centuries, execution of juvenile offenders was legal. By the twenty-first century, the US Supreme Court had moved closer to banning all executions of minors, regardless of the severity of the crime. Since the 1990s, the US juvenile justice system has moved away from harsh punishment and toward alternative evidence-based models that include education, skills building, and therapy. In Teen Incarceration, readers meet former teen incarcerees who now lead exemplary lives. Learn how juvenile justice works in the United States and meet the people working to reform the system

Subject

• Social issues -- Violence and crime
• Juvenile delinquents
• Minorities
• Juvenile justice system
• Juvenile corrections
• Deviant behavior
• Juvenile delinquency

Genre

• Social issues

Story line

• Issue-oriented

Writing style

• Thoughtful
• Easy-to-understand

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

364.60835/0973

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

1260

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

HV9069

LC item number

.J65 2016

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

1260

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 7
• 12

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

juvenile