Juvenile Justice

Overview

Features & Benefits

• This series examines a broad range of perceived or actual legal rights and freedoms that impact the lives of American teens.
• Many of the volumes cover rights guaranteed under the Bill of Rights and how these rights are interpreted and protected in regard to children and teens.
• The scope of the series also encompasses additional rights or freedoms, relating to both school and home environments.
• Teen Rights and Freedoms supports student assignments relating to government, politics, political science, history, law, psychology, and other social sciences.
• Each volume focuses on a different right or freedom and offers an anthology of key essays and articles on that right or freedom and the accompanying responsibilities.
• Material is drawn from a diverse selection of primary and secondary sources - journals, magazines, newspapers, nonfiction books, newsletters, position papers, speeches and government documents, with particular emphasis on Supreme Court and other court decisions.
• Each volume includes a list of organizations, a bibliography, and a subject index.