The social construction of "sophisticated" adolescents: How judges integrate juvenile and criminal justice decision-making models

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 469-506

  Harris, Alexes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Focal concerns theory; Judicial waiver; Juvenile justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 47049129881     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241607309886     Document Type: Article

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