NO ONE WILL LISSEN - HOW OUR LEGAL SYSTEM BRUTALIZES THE YOUTHFUL POOR

• NCJ Number: 10745
• Author(s): L G Forer
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 352 pages
• Sale Source: John Day Co
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: KF9709.F67

Annotation

THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM IS DESCRIBED IN DETAIL BY A LAWYER WHO WAS LEGAL COUNSEL TO POOR MINORITY-GROUP CHILDREN IN URBAN GHETTOS.

Abstract

CASE HISTORIES ILLUSTRATE ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM OF ONCESOUND PRINCIPLES AND WELL-MEANING PEOPLE, AS THE FOUNDATIONS AND THE LEGAL AID LAWYERS, WHICH HAVE CREATED A SYSTEM PERMITTING INEQUITABLE AND ABUSIVE TREATMENT OF POOR CHILDREN. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)