Dangerous children: juvenile delinquency and judicial intervention in the Netherlands, 1960-1995
In the continuing controversy in academic circles over the rise in reported juvenile violent delinquency, some scholars attribute it largely to the increase in the actual number of offences while others emphasize changes in registration and intervention practices. This article reviews changes in the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2002
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Crime, law and social change
Year: 2002, Volume: 37, Issue: 4, Pages: 379-401 |
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| Summary: | In the continuing controversy in academic circles over the rise in reported juvenile violent delinquency, some scholars attribute it largely to the increase in the actual number of offences while others emphasize changes in registration and intervention practices. This article reviews changes in the way justice workers try to control the behaviour of delinquent juveniles in the Netherlands in the period 1960-1995. The study is based on ananalysis of files on adolescents and children placed in the Dutch juvenile justice system by judges during the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Comparing the older and recent files reveals that the interventions of juvenile justice workers became less harshly. This process has coincided with a rise in the severity of violence and crimes committed by the youngsters. As a result juvenile justice workers intervene indeed more frequently from the beginning of the 1980s, but still in a less punitive way. The external constraints in the Dutch judicial system are rather gentle and prudent, while the youngsters exercise more severe violence and crimes, suggesting further inquiry to the degree of autonomy of, and interaction between, adult socialization among professionals and youth socialization. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 399-401 |
| ISSN: | 1573-0751 |
| DOI: | 10.1023/A:1016011826864 |
