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"On November 20, 1959, the United Nations adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child . The Charter was meant to safeguard the rights of children all over the world, and protect the most vulnerable members of society from mistreatment at the hands of their parents, the government, the military, educational institutions, and any establishment capable of exerting power over children." Authors Rita J. Simon and Paola Zalkind begin Global Perspectives on Social Issues: Juvenile Justice Systems with this declaration and the sense that its realization, sadly, has yet to happen. According to their study much of the world, including the most modern industrialized nations, fail to live up to the declaration's tenets. Juvenile Justice Systems is a comparative study of how these systems actually operate in the world. It establishes both the stated and legal rights of children, in many parts of the world, in the face of criminal proceedings as well as the actual experiences of children in different justice systems. This study is explicitly comparative, placing such issues in comparison as the age of criminal responsibility, the Court system for juvenile offenders, the rights of juveniles in conflict with the law and any differentiation from adult rights, and last the conditions and goals of punishment. This book explores a wide variety of approaches to the investigation of juvenile justice systems across the world. It is a valuable reference tool for sociologists, legal scholars, criminologists, policy makers, governmental and non-governmental organizations, educators, and many other professionals invested in the well being of children across the globe.

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• Preface(p. vii)
• 1 Introduction(p. 1)
• 2 North America(p. 7)
• United States(p. 7)
• Canada(p. 16)
• 3 South America(p. 25)
• Chile(p. 25)
• Colombia(p. 30)
• 4 Western Europe(p. 39)
• United Kingdom(p. 39)
• Ireland(p. 44)
• France(p. 49)
• Germany(p. 53)
• Sweden(p. 59)
• 5 Eastern Europe(p. 67)
• Russia(p. 68)
• Poland(p. 74)
• Romania(p. 78)
• Hungary(p. 83)
• 6 The Middle East(p. 93)
• Israel(p. 93)
• Egypt(p. 99)
• Iran(p. 103)
• Syria(p. 108)
• 7 Africa(p. 117)
• South Africa(p. 117)
• Kenya(p. 123)
• Ghana(p. 130)
• Nigeria(p. 135)
• 8 Asia(p. 145)
• India(p. 145)
• China(p. 151)
• Japan(p. 158)
• 9 Australia(p. 169)
• 10 Conclusion(p. 181)
• Appendix A(p. 185)
• Appendix B(p. 187)
• Index(p. 189)
• About the Authors(p. 199)

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Beginning scholar Zalkind and public affairs and law professor Simon (American Univ.) review the juvenile justice policies of 25 nations, selected to represent all geographical and cultural regions of the world regarding the treatment of juvenile offenders. The authors use the UN's Declaration of the Rights of the Child as a standard against which to compare the rights of children in actions regarding violation of the law, the age of criminal responsibility and maximum age of jurisdiction of the juvenile hearing authority, types of disposition, and types of detention. The authors maintain a tight focus on the issues they address, producing a concise, focused treatment of the topic. Well-referenced, well-written, and adequately indexed, the book is suitable for readers with some college education. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Libraries serving departments of criminal justice, political science, psychology, sociology, and social work. R. T. Sigler University of Alabama

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Rita J. Simon is university professor in the School of Public Affairs at the Washington College of Law at American University.

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