TY - JOUR
T1 - Rethinking the Sanctioning Function in Juvenile Court
T2 - Retributive or Restorative Responses to Youth Crime
AU - Bazemore, Gordon
AU - Umbreit, Mark
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - Although juvenile courts have always administered punishment to youthful offenders, parens patriae and the individual treatment mission have historically assigned an ambivalent role to sanctioning. In the absence of a coherent sanctioning framework, a punitive model has recently gained dominance over dispositional decision making in juvenile court. This article examines the limitations of sanctioning choices presented by both the individual treatment mission and what some have referred to as a “retributive justice” paradigm. We then consider the implications of an alternative model—restorative justice—as a framework for a new approach to sanctioning consistent with a revitalized juvenile justice mandate. © 1995, SAGE Periodicals Press. All rights reserved.
AB - Although juvenile courts have always administered punishment to youthful offenders, parens patriae and the individual treatment mission have historically assigned an ambivalent role to sanctioning. In the absence of a coherent sanctioning framework, a punitive model has recently gained dominance over dispositional decision making in juvenile court. This article examines the limitations of sanctioning choices presented by both the individual treatment mission and what some have referred to as a “retributive justice” paradigm. We then consider the implications of an alternative model—restorative justice—as a framework for a new approach to sanctioning consistent with a revitalized juvenile justice mandate. © 1995, SAGE Periodicals Press. All rights reserved.
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U2 - 10.1177/0011128795041003002
DO - 10.1177/0011128795041003002
M3 - Article
SN - 0011-1287
VL - 41
SP - 296
EP - 316
JO - Crime and Delinquency
JF - Crime and Delinquency
IS - 3
ER -