It was not so different by Edward Grace September 6, 2011 … O estigma social do crack também é destacado por Jeffrey Butts, que critica o que classifica ser uma tendência da mídia brasileira de transformar a droga na vilã da história. O mesmo erro, segundo o sociólogo, foi cometido pelos EUA: “Ainda tratamos o … Continue reading
Town deals with rising child felons by Todd Lewan Associated Press June 2, 2008 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — … “We’ll never have the tax base and political will to bring outside solutions into every neighborhood,” Butts says. “What it takes is creative organizing — to find positive people in each community and to build them … Continue reading
Children should not be jailed, says report May 17, 2007 Youth Justice The age of criminal responsibility for British children should be raised from ten to as high as 18, a report said today. The document from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (CCJS) also suggested children should no longer be sent to prison. … Continue reading
Youthful idea to solve an old problem by Beth Pearson November 02 2005 … Key to the success of youth courts is that they expose young offenders to people their own age they might not mix with. That is, they discover a new peer group that disapproves of what they do. Experts call this a … Continue reading
Le juge et l’enfant Nelly Jouan 12 Mars 2001 Au moins quarante-quatre États américains ont promulgué depuis 1992 des lois permettant de juger des adolescents comme des adultes. Selon Jeffrey Butts, chercheur à l’Urban Institute de Washington, les peines obligatoires de rigueur et le durcissement du système judiciaire juvénile engendrent des sentences ” surprenantes “ : … Continue reading
