This article examines (a) the history of registration and notification statutes for sex offenders
and the concerns and legal challenges they have faced,(b) psychology's limited knowledge …

The central question examined in this address is,“Do children's crimes make them adults?” I
begin by focusing on the concept and history of adolescence in our society, I then examine …

States have responded to the public's outrage at rising juvenile crime by making it easier to
transfer juveniles to adult court for trial and sentencing. States have reduced the minimum …

La detención en flagrancia y la prisión preventiva son percibidas como el “pecado original”
del sistema de justicia penal mexicano. Sin embargo, la investigación empírica sobre la …

This completely rewritten and updated new edition of a practical text continues to provide a
firm introduction to law and legal processes and their relation to social work practice. Using …

Discretion elicits an ambiguous response in Anglo-American culture. On the one hand,
discretion may be identified with qualities of responsiveness, unstrained mercy and …

Pre-trial detention is used extensively in Latin America as a systematic practice implemented
by courts. Despite this fact, few empirical studies have analysed the role of defence …

2012] JUVENILES LOCKED IN LIMBO 2151 bail be set at $150. Unfortunately for Kenny, the
court set bail at $300, twice the amount requested. Unable to pay, Kenny waited an …

Fifteen-year-old Jenny Flores, fleeing oppression and civil war, surreptitiously enters the
United States to join her mother, who came before her to establish a safe haven …

On November 20, 1989, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the
Convention on the Rights of the Child (Convention). 2 This treaty consists of fifty-four articles …