Recent Publications
Recent books, book chapters, and journal articles published by the University of Minnesota Law School faculty.
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– Justice by Geography: Urban, Suburban, and Rural Variations in Juvenile Justice Administration, 82 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 156 (1991), reprinted in Readings in Juvenile Justice Administration (Barry Feld, ed., Oxford University Press, 1999) and in Essential Readings in Juvenile Justice (David Parry, ed., Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005)
– The Transformation of the Juvenile Court--Part II: Social Structure, Race, and the "Crack Down" on Youth Crime, 84 Minnesota Law Review 327 (1999)
– The Constitutional Tension between Apprendi and McKeiver: Sentence Enhancements Based on Delinquency Convictions and the Quality of Justice in Juvenile Courts, 38 Wake Forest Law Review 1111 (2003)
– Juveniles' Competence to Exercise Miranda Rights: An Empirical Study of Policy and Practice, 91 Minnesota Law Review 26 (2006)
– Antisocial Behavior, in The Oxford Handbook of Crime and Public Policy (Michael Tonry, ed., Oxford University Press, 2009)
– Justice for Children: The Right to Counsel and the Juvenile Court (Northeastern University Press, 1993)
– Juvenile and Criminal Justice Systems' Responses to Youth Violence, 24 Crime and Justice 189 (1998), reprinted in Essential Readings in Juvenile Justice (David Parry, ed., Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005)
– Teacher's Manual to Accompany Cases and Materials on Juvenile Justice Administration (West Publishing, 1st ed., 2000; 2d ed., 2004; 3d ed., 2009)
– The Juvenile Court Meets the Principle of Offense: Punishment, Treatment, and the Difference It Makes, 68 Boston University Law Review 821 (1988), reprinted in Readings in Juvenile Justice Administration (Barry Feld, ed., Oxford University Press, 1999)
– The End of the Line: An Empirical Study of Judicial Waiver, 86 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 449 (1996), reprinted in Readings in Juvenile Justice Administration (Barry Feld, ed., Oxford University Press, 1999)
– Race, Politics, and Juvenile Justice: The Warren Court and the Conservative "Backlash", 87 Minnesota Law Review 1447 (2003)
– The Malign Effects of Drug and Crime Control Policies on Black Americans, 37 Crime and Justice 1-44 (2008), reprinted in Thinking about Punishment: Penal Policy Across Space, Time and Discipline (Ashgate, 2009)
– A Century of Juvenile Justice: A Work in Progress or a Revolution that Failed?, 34 Northern Kentucky Law Review 189 (2007)
– Juvenile Justice Standards Relating to Rights of Minors (American Bar Association - Ballinger Publishing Company, 1980)
– Bad Kids: Race and the Transformation of the Juvenile Court (Oxford University Press, 1999) (recipient of the 2001 Outstanding Book Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and the 2002 Michael J. Hindelang Outstanding Book Award from the American Society of Criminology), reprinted in part in Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Crime and Criminology (Thomas J. Hickey, ed., McGraw-Hill, 9th ed., 2010) and in Principled Sentencing: Readings on Theory and Policy (Andrew von Hirsch, Andrew Ashworth & Julian Roberts, eds., Hart Publishing, 3d ed., 2009)
– Criminalizing Juvenile Justice: Rules of Procedure for the Juvenile Court, 69 Minnesota Law Review 141 (1984), reprinted in Criminal Justice Policy Making: Federal Roles and Processes (Barbara Ann Stolz, ed., Praeger, 2002)
– Cases and Materials on Juvenile Justice Administration (West Group, 2000; 2d ed., 2004; 3d ed., 2009; 4th ed., 2013)
– The Transformation of the Juvenile Court, 75 Minnesota Law Review 691 (1991)
– The Back-Door to Prison: Waiver Reform, "Blended Sentencing," and the Law of Unintended Consequences, 91 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 997 (2001)
– Onderzoek naar afschrikking: de noodzaak om klein te denken als we iets nieuws willen leren, 34(2) Justitiële Verkenningen 98-117 (2008)
– Police Interrogation of Juveniles: An Empirical Study of Policy and Practice, 97 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 219 (2006)
– Crime and Public Policy, in The Oxford Handbook of Crime and Public Policy (Michael Tonry, ed., Oxford University Press, 2009)
– Explanations of American Punishment Policies: A National History, 11 Punishment & Society 377-94 (2009), reprinted in Thinking about Punishment: Penal Policy Across Space, Time and Discipline (Ashgate, 2009)
– Reference of Juvenile Offenders for Adult Prosecution: The Legislative Alternative to Asking Unanswerable Questions, 62 Minnesota Law Review 515 (1978)
– The Right to Counsel in Juvenile Court: An Empirical Study of When Lawyers Appear and the Difference They Make, 79 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 1185 (1989), reprinted in Readings in Juvenile Justice Administration (Barry Feld, ed., Oxford University Press, 1999)
– Abolish the Juvenile Court: Youthfulness, Criminal Responsibility, and Sentencing Policy, 88 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 68 (1997)
– Why Are American Penal Policies So Harsh?, 33 Japanese Journal of Sociological Criminology 11-28 (2008)
– Competence, Culpability, and Punishment: Implications of Atkins for Executing and Sentencing Adolescents, 32 Hofstra Law Review 463 (2003)
– The Untold Story of America's First Sentencing Commission, 21 Federal Sentencing Reporter 265 (2009)
– Law and Society: Sociological Perspectives on Criminal Law (Little, Brown & Company, 1983)