
Screwing the System and Making it Work
Juvenile Justice in the No-Fault Society
Mark D. Jacobs(Author)
University of Chicago Press
Published on 1. October 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-226-38981-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 23 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-38981-3 (9780226389813)
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