Volume 21, Number 17 · October 31, 1974
A Blow Against Sadism
By Peter Schrag
The American system of juvenile justice is one of those festering national scandals which occasionally attract public attention—generally after an especially odious case of injustice or brutality—and then sink back into the hidden corners of routine neglect and abuse. Since the Supreme Court decision in the Gault case (1967),[1] juveniles have been given some of the rights of due process guaranteed adult defendants in criminal cases (the right to counsel and to an adversary proceeding in court); but they still fall under the shadow of a legal doctrine in which the court, the probation officer, and the correctional institution are supposed to protect and 'treat' those who come under their jurisdiction and formal criminal proceedings are regarded as inappropriate.
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