Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology articles from September 1997

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology archives from September 1997

The debate over the future of juvenile courts: can we reach consensus?(Symposium on the Future of the Juvenile Court)
September 22, 1997... I. INTRODUCTION In 1999 we will observe the centennial of the first juvenile court. It was founded in Chicago, Illinois by a group of reformers in reaction to the deprivation and abuse suffered by children in the adult criminal justice...

Immaturity and irresponsibility.(Symposium on the Future of the Juvenile Court)
September 22, 1997... I. Introduction Our image of teenage offenders vacillates. We see them as wayward youths, as kids gone wrong, but who are nonetheless not "bad." This image is of the teen as a victim. They are misguided, immature, insufficiently...

Abolish the juvenile court: youthfulness, criminal responsibility, and sentencing policy.(Symposium on the Future of the Juvenile Court)
September 22, 1997... I. INTRODUCTION Within the past three decades, judicial decisions, legislative amendments, and administrative changes have transformed the juvenile court from a nominally rehabilitative social welfare agency into a scaled-down,...

The evolution of adolescence: a developmental perspective on juvenile justice reform.(Symposium on the Future of the Juvenile Court)
September 22, 1997... INTRODUCTION The legal response to juvenile crime is undergoing revolutionary change, and its ultimate shape is uncertain. The traditional juvenile court, grounded in optimism about the potential for rehabilitation of young offenders,...

Justice for children: how do we get there?(Symposium on the Future of the Juvenile Court)
September 22, 1997... I. INTRODUCTION A. THE CONTEXT This article is the response of a lawyer who represents children charged with crimes in juvenile court to those who call for the abolition of the juvenile court(1) and for placing increased...

Ineffective assistance of counsel: the case for an ex ante parity standard.
September 22, 1997... Gideon v. Waiwright,(1) virtually alone in the field of constitutional criminal procedure, enjoys unqualified support across the ideological spectrum.(2) Many critics sympathetic to the defense,(3) however, have complained that the Court...

Criminal behavior and age: a test of three provocative hypothesis.
September 22, 1997... I. INTRODUCTION Issues about age and crime are among the most important in criminology. This is due largely to Hirschi and Gottfredson,(1) who contend that the familiar inverted J-curve association between age and crime is invariant,...

Populism, free speech, and the rule of law: the "fully informed" jury movement and its implications.
September 22, 1997... INTRODUCTION Anti-government groups are on the rise.(1) While some use violence to further their ends, many consist of "paper warriors" who fight the power of government through quasi-legal mechanisms.(2) Some of the paper warriors'...

And the Blood Cried out: A Prosecutor's Spellbinding Account of the Power of DNA.
September 22, 1997... HARLAN LEVY, AND THE BLOOD CRIED OUT (New York: Basic Books, 1996) 223 pp. Harlan Levy's book, And the Blood Cried Out: A Prosecutor's Spellbinding Account of the Power of DNA, traces the use of DNA evidence in criminal cases.(1) In...