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Screwing the System and Making it Work

Juvenile Justice in the No-Fault Society

Mark D Jacobs author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:The University of Chicago Press

Published:1st Aug '90

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Who is responsible for juvenile delinquency? Mark D. Jacobs uses ethnographic, statistical, and literary methods to uncover the many levels of disorganization in American juvenile justice. By analyzing the continuities betwen normal casework and exceptional cases, he reveals that probation officers must commonly contrive informal measures to circumvent a system which routinely obstructs the delivery of services to their clients. Jacobs defines the concept of the "no-fault society" to describe the larger context of societal disorder and interpersonal manipulation that the juvenile justice system at once reflects and exacerbates.

ISBN: 9780226389806

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 624g

304 pages