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Book Review: Understanding Law

Book Review: Understanding Law AUST.N.Z.J .C. (1974) 7 BOOK REVIEWS 255 that society must be "protected" from the young offender. Many are labelled as I juvenile offen­ ders because of the rigidity of the criminal law Book Reviews but ought to have the same rights of protection from officiousness, whatever guise it may adopt. Perhaps indeed they need to be protected from society and this is an aspect not considered in this book. Juvenile Justice Management. Edited by Gary B. Because of the lark of clarity in describing the Adams, Robert M. Carter, John D. Gerletti, Dan class of persons to whom the strategies and G. Pursuit, Charles C. Thomas, Illinois U.S.A., methods of management outlined in this book are 1973, 642 pp $19.75. directed. many of the contributions fail to crvs­ talise. lose their focus and it is difficult to detpr­ IN AMERICA some 40,000 law enforcenlent mine whether the goals and objPctives form a agencies, probation and parole departments. reasonable scheme. correctional institutions and related community­ Despite its shortcomings there are some valu­ based organisations are involved with the man­ able chapters which are relevant to Australia agement of the juvenile offender. Although there and it is useful to be able http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

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SAGE
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ISSN
0004-8658
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1837-9273
DOI
10.1177/000486587400700407
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Abstract

AUST.N.Z.J .C. (1974) 7 BOOK REVIEWS 255 that society must be "protected" from the young offender. Many are labelled as I juvenile offen­ ders because of the rigidity of the criminal law Book Reviews but ought to have the same rights of protection from officiousness, whatever guise it may adopt. Perhaps indeed they need to be protected from society and this is an aspect not considered in this book. Juvenile Justice Management. Edited by Gary B. Because of the lark of clarity in describing the Adams, Robert M. Carter, John D. Gerletti, Dan class of persons to whom the strategies and G. Pursuit, Charles C. Thomas, Illinois U.S.A., methods of management outlined in this book are 1973, 642 pp $19.75. directed. many of the contributions fail to crvs­ talise. lose their focus and it is difficult to detpr­ IN AMERICA some 40,000 law enforcenlent mine whether the goals and objPctives form a agencies, probation and parole departments. reasonable scheme. correctional institutions and related community­ Despite its shortcomings there are some valu­ based organisations are involved with the man­ able chapters which are relevant to Australia agement of the juvenile offender. Although there and it is useful to be able

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Australian & New Zealand Journal of CriminologySAGE

Published: Dec 1, 1974

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