Abstract
Emerging trends in the administration of juvenile justice, although viewed today as gradual adjustments in policy and practice, may eventually be interpreted as a revolutionary shift comparable to the earlier movement that established separate courts for children. The focus of this potential second revolution is on the diversion of noncriminal, status offenders from institutional confinement and the adoption of more punitive re sponses to serious criminal violations. Following an analysis of the major forces for institutional change confronting the juvenile courts, and a re view of recent federal and state responses likely to promote further mod ifications in the present system, the author discusses a modified system capable of accommodating demands for basic alterations of juvenile justice
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