Browsing Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Works by Subject "Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States"

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    • Adolescent Brain Science After Graham v. Florida 
      Maroney, Terry A. (Notre Dame Law Review, 2011)
      In Graham v. Florida, the Supreme Court held that the Eighth Amendment prohibits a sentence of life without possibility of parole for a non-homicide crime committed when the offender was under the age of eighteen. In an ...
    • The False Promise of Adolescent Brain Science in Juvenile Justice 
      Maroney, Terry A. (Notre Dame Law Review, 2009)
      Recent scientific findings about the developing teen brain have both captured public attention and begun to percolate through legal theory and practice. Indeed, many believe that developmental neuroscience contributed to ...
    • Juvenile Justice: The Fourth Option 
      Slobogin, Christopher, 1951-; Fondacaro, Mark R., 1957- (Iowa Law Review, 2009)
      The current eclectic mix of solutions to the juvenile-crime problem is insufficiently conceptualized and too beholden to myths about youth, the crimes they commit, and effective means of responding to their problems. The ...
    • A Prevention Model of Juvenile Justice: The Promise of Kansas v. Hendricks for Children 
      Slobogin, Christopher, 1951-; Fondacaro, Mark R., 1957-; Woolard, Jennifer L. (Wisconsin Law Review, 1999)
      The traditional juvenile court, focused on rehabilitation and "childsaving," was premised primarily on a parens patriae notion of State power. " Because of juveniles' immaturity and greater treatability, this theory posited, ...
    • Reconceptualizing Due Process in Juvenile Justice: Contributions from Law and Social Science 
      Slobogin, Christopher, 1951-; Fondacaro, Mark R., 1957-; Cross, Tricia (Hastings Law Journal, 2006)
      This article challenges the accepted wisdom, at least since the Supreme Court's decision in Gault, that procedures in juvenile delinquency court should mimic the adult criminal process. The legal basis for this challenge ...
    • Treating Juveniles Like Juveniles: Getting Rid of Transfer and Expanded Adult Court Jurisdiction 
      Slobogin, Christopher, 1951- (Texas Tech Law Review, 2013)
      The number of juveniles transferred to adult court has skyrocketed in the past two decades and has only recently begun to level off. This symposium article argues that, because it wastes resources, damages juveniles, and ...