The Punishment of Other People's Children: An Investigative Look at Our Juvenile Justice System and its Structural Shortcomings

Author

Kimberlina N. McKinney, Scripps CollegeFollow

Graduation Year

2007

Document Type

Open Access Senior Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Department

Sociology

Reader 1

Dipannita Basu

Reader 2

Rita Roberts

Reader 3

José Z. (José Zapata) Calderón

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© 2007 Kimberlina N. McKinney

Abstract

The juvenile justice system has been criticized for its inability to curb the trend of juvenile crime and its continued ignorance to the valuable resources of community-based rehabilitation and treatment programs. The goal of this research paper is to discover new solutions to the structural shortcomings of the juvenile justice system and present my findings on the reasons for its contradictive structure and practices.

Comments

Submitted to Scripps College in partial fulfillment of the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Major coursework for this thesis completed at Pitzer College.

Previously linked to as: http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/u?/stc,9

OCLC number: 549519148

Recommended Citation

McKinney, Kimberlina N., "The Punishment of Other People's Children: An Investigative Look at Our Juvenile Justice System and its Structural Shortcomings" (2007). Scripps Senior Theses. 5.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/5