Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Developing the Juvenile Justice System -- Gault and Juvenile Justice -- The Adultification of Juvenile Justice -- The 21st Century and Juvenile Justice -- Historical Context and Trends: Early Attempts to Address Youthful Offending -- Special Institutions and Proceedings -- The Emerging Juvenile Court -- Variation in Juvenile Courts and Questions About Their Intentions -- Evaluating the Court's Performance -- The Supreme Court and Youth: The 1960s and 1970s -- Kent v. United States (1966) -- Prelude to Gault -- In re Gault (1967) -- In re Winship (1970) -- Aftermath of Gault: Transformation of the Court -- Congress and Juvenile Justice Policy -- Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) of 1974 -- Arrest and Formal Processing of Youth -- Juvenile Arrests and Juvenile Court Case Data -- Minorities in the Juvenile Justice System -- Conclusion -- 2 Demonization of Youth and Politicization of Juvenile Justice -- Youth Crime and Moral Panic -- Crime and Race -- Politicization: Consequences of Moral Panic -- Jurisdictional Transfer and Adultification -- School Violence and Zero Tolerance: School-to-Prison Pipeline -- Emergent Policies: Lessons from a Punitive Era -- Conclusion -- 3 Court Decisions: From In re Gault to Montgomery v. Louisiana -- The Supreme Court and Juvenile Court -- Waiver Proceedings -- Kent v. United States (1966) -- Double Jeopardy and Waiver: Breed v. Jones (1975) -- Adjudication Hearings -- In re Gault (1967) -- Evidentiary Standards in Juvenile Court -- In re Winship (1970) -- Ivan v. City of New York (1972) -- Juveniles and the Right to a Jury in Delinquency Proceedings -- McKeiver v. Pennsylvania (1971) -- Juvenile Cases Addressing Interrogation, Preventive Detention, and School Searches