Contesting childhood in the US justice system: The transfer of juveniles to adult criminal court

Childhood

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 461-478

  Shook, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile justice; Law; Youth policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 28744455310     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568205058604     Document Type: Article

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