Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I. SETTING THE AGENDA
7. 1. Child Well-Being 23
8. PART II. CORE COMPONENTS
9. 2. A Silent Sea Change 47
10. 3. Starting from a Different Place 63
11. 4. Doing Things Differently 86
12. 5. Delinquency, Due Process, and Mental Health 104
13. PART III. ESSENTIAL PERSPECTIVES
14. 6. Why Should We Treat Juvenile Offenders Differently than Adults? 129
15. 7. Lost in Translation No More 139
16. 8. Building on Advocacy for Girls and LGBT Youth 156
17. 9. Invest Upstream to Promote the Well-Being of LGBT Youth 172
18. PART IV. CRITICAL ACTORS
19. 10. Correcting Racial Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System 193
20. 11. Helping Adolescents Succeed 217
21. 12. Fit to Be T(r)ied 227
22. 13. Applying J.D.B. v. North Carolina 239
23. PART V. SUPPORT SYSTEMS
24. 14. What If Your Child Were the Next One in the Door? 267
25. 15. Immigrant Children 281
26. 16. Crossover Youth 296
27. 17. Breaking the School-to- Prison Pipeline 301
28. 18. No More Closed Doors 311
29. 19. Collateral Consequences of Juvenile Court 333
30. About the Contributors 349
31. Index 353