Contents
Foreword by Richard D. Schwartz
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Influence of Positive Criminology
The Reformatory Movement
The State as Parent
The Influence of the Social Work Approach to Child Welfare
The Wish and the Reality
The Implementation of Juvenile Court Theory
Consolidation of the Juvenile Court Theory
The Questioning of Juvenile Court Philosophy
Legal Revisionism in the Juvenile Court
Reactions to Gault
The Lawyer's Dilemma
Chapter II. The Research Design and Its Implementation
The Experimental Research Design
Sample Fulfillment: The Problem of Attrition
Sample Selection
The Courts
The Lawyers
Chapter III. The Impact of the Lawyer
Project Lawyers and Other Lawyers
Specification of Effects
The Search for Explanations
Chapter IV. Courts as Social Organizations
The Criminal Process as a Conflict System
The Juvenile Court as a Quasi-Cooperative System
The Gotham and Zenith Courts: An Organizational Comparison
The Cooptive Mechanism and Its Function
Chapter V. The Courtroom Experience: Organizational Constraints on the Lawyer's Role
The Defense Function: The Plea
The Defense Posture: The Conduct of the Case
A Brief Caveat
Chapter VI. The Lawyer's Dilemma Revisited: Some Notes on the Ethical Responsibiligy of Lawyers in Juvenile Courts
The Professional Consequences of the Style of Representation
The Social Consequences of the Style of Representation
A Proposition, Another Caveat, and a Plea
Crime and Recidivism Rates as Indicators of Juvenile Court Failure
Stigmatizing Effects of a Juvenile Record
Institutionalization as Punishment
Another Caveat
A Concluding Plea
Appendix I
Appendix II
Bibliography
Index