An unprecedented comparison of juvenile justice systems across the
globe, Juvenile Justice in Global Perspective brings together original
contributions from some of the world's leading voices.
While American scholars may have extensive knowledge about other justice
systems around the world and how adults are treated, juvenile justice
systems and the plight of youth who break the law throughout the world
is less often studied. This important volume fills a large gap in the
study of juvenile justice by providing an unprecedented comparison of
criminal justice and juvenile justice systems across the world, looking
for points of comparison and policy variance that can lead to positive
change in the United States.
Distinguished criminology scholars Franklin Zimring, Máximo Langer, and
David Tanenhaus, and the contributors cover countries from Western
Europe to rising powers like China, India, and countries in Latin
America. The book discusses important issues such as the relationship
between political change and juvenile justice, the common labels used to
unify juvenile systems in different regions and in different forms of
government, the types of juvenile systems that exist and how they
differ, and more. Furthermore, the book uses its data on criminal versus
juvenile justice in a wide variety of nations to create a new
explanation of why separate juvenile and criminal courts are felt to be
necessary.
