Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-287) and indexes.
Contents
Nineteenth-century judicial and social responses to juvenile lawbreaking -- Establishment of the juvenile court -- The matter of jurisdiction -- The juvenile in the arms of the law : the police -- The juvenile in the arms of the court : pretrial process -- The juvenile in the arms of the court : adjudication -- The juvenile in the arms of the court : disposition -- The juvenile in the arms of the state : capital punishment -- The end of the juvenile justice century and the juvenile court's postmodern future.