Graduation Year
2017
Date of Submission
4-2017
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Government
Reader 1
William Ascher
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© 2017 Jennie Egan
Abstract
American justice systems are among the most punitive in the world. Young people who come into conflict with the law should be diverted into community-based programs, instead of being adjudicated by courts and sent to systems of incarceration. Research demonstrates the ineffectiveness of incarceration as a means of delinquency control and the ways it actually worsens juveniles’ circumstances.
Recommended Citation
Egan, Jennie, "The American Nightmare: Failures of Juvenile Justice and Recommendations for Change" (2017). CMC Senior Theses. 1680.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1680
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
