Leslie Paik and Jessica Feierman | December 6, 2019 | Children and the Law
This post was originally posted by the Juvenile Law Center on Nov. 22, 2019. View the original post here. The juvenile court is designed to help youth in trouble and to promote public safety. But Michelle, a mother in Madison, WI, had other things on her mind when...
Clare Huntington and Elizabeth S. Scott | November 11, 2019 | Children and the Law
ABSTRACTThe law governing children is complex, sometimes appearing almost incoherent. The relatively simple framework established in the Progressive era, in which parents had primary authority over children, subject to limited state oversight, has broken down over the...
Judith McMullen | June 11, 2019 | Children and the Law
AbstractIt is common knowledge in American society that persons who have criminal records will have a more difficult path to obtaining legitimate employment. Similarly, conventional wisdom acknowledges the unfortunate fact that young people, on average, are more prone...
Jennifer Morinigo, Elizabeth S. Scott, Richard Bonnie, Emily Buss, Clare Huntington and Solangel Maldonado | May 1, 2018 | Children and the Law
Part III of the Children and the Law project deals with juvenile justice doctrine. In this area, modern courts increasingly have focused on differences between juvenile and adult offenders, often invoking research on adolescent development to guide legal...
