Cardozo Law Review
Abstract
American legal and sociological scholarship has struggled for the past century to achieve an effective system for dealing with the problem of juvenile crime. Current juvenile justice systems are the result of this seemingly insurmountable struggle that represents the views of a multitude of competing and complementary interests. These interests, expressed through both descriptive and normative accounts, range from those focused on the welfare of the child who is brought into the juvenile justice system to those concerned with holding the child accountable for his actions. Over a substantial period of American history, these competing interests have yielded a plethora of innovative and experimental methods of dealing with juvenile crime and delinquency. These methods have been as diverse in their implementation, their objectives, and their concerns as they have been in their successes. More telling than an examination of a particular method or a comparison of methods, however, is the analysis of the broader effect of this diversity and the root problems inherent in America's juvenile justice philosophy.
Keywords
Juveniles, Crimes, Determinate Sentencing, Penology, Sentencing and Punishment
Disciplines
Law
Recommended Citation
Adam D. Kamenstein,
The Inner-Morality of Juvenile Justice: The Case for Consistency and Legality,
18
Cardozo L. Rev.
2105
(1997).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/clr/vol18/iss6/9