Recent Publications

– A Slower Form of Death: Implications of Roper v. Simmons for Juveniles Sentenced to Life Without Parole, 22 Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy 9 (2008) (lead article, Symposium on Youth and Law)

– 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)

– Police Interrogation of Juveniles: An Empirical Study of Policy and Practice, 97 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 219 (2006)

– Reference of Juvenile Offenders for Adult Prosecution: The Legislative Alternative to Asking Unanswerable Questions, 62 Minnesota Law Review 515 (1978)

– 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)

– 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 Back-Door to Prison: Waiver Reform, "Blended Sentencing," and the Law of Unintended Consequences, 91 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 997 (2001)

– Juvenile Court Legislative Reform and the Serious Young Offender: Dismantling the "Rehabilitative Ideal", 65 Minnesota Law Review 167 (1981)

– 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)

– 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)

– Juveniles' Competence to Exercise Miranda Rights: An Empirical Study of Policy and Practice, 91 Minnesota Law Review 26 (2006)

– Abolish the Juvenile Court: Youthfulness, Criminal Responsibility, and Sentencing Policy, 88 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 68 (1997)

– Judicial Waiver Policy and Practice: Persistence, Seriousness and Race, 14 Law and Inequality 73 (1995)

– 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)

– 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 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 Juvenile Court Meets the Principle of the Offense: Legislative Changes in Juvenile Waiver Statutes, 78 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 471 (1987)

– Violent Youth and Public Policy: A Case Study of Juvenile Justice Law Reform, 79 Minnesota Law Review 965 (1995)

– Cross-National Studies in Crime and Justice (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2004) (co-editor)

– Modern Policing (University of Chicago Press, 1992); translated into Portuguese, Policiamento Moderno (Jacy Cardia Ghirotti, traducao, Editora da Universidade de Sao Paulo, 2003) (co-editor)

– Prediction and Classification: Criminal Justice Decision Making (University of Chicago Press, 1987) (co-editor)

– Human Development and Criminal Behavior: New Ways of Advancing Knowledge (Springer-Verlag, 1991)

– Beyond the Law: Crime in Complex Organizations (University of Chicago, 1993) (co-editor)

– Intermediate Sanctions in Overcrowded Times (Northeastern University Press, 1995) (co-editor)

– Malign Neglect-Race, Crime, and Punishment in America (Oxford University Press, 1995), reprinted in part in Criminal Procedures: Cases, Statutes, and Executive Materials (Marc L. Miller & Ronald F. Wright, eds., Aspen Law & Business, 1998), in Foundations of Criminal Law (Leo Katz, Michael S. Moore & Stephen J. Morse, eds., Oxford University Press, 1999), in Sentencing Law and Policy: Cases, Statutes, and Guidelines (Nora Demleitner, Douglas Berman, Ronald Wright & Marc Miller, eds., Aspen Publishers, 2004; Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2d ed., 2007), in Criminal Law: A Contemporary Approach: Cases, Statutes, and Problems (Kate E. Bloch & Kevin C. McMunigal, eds., Aspen Publishers, 2005), in Social Science in Law: Cases and Materials (John Monahan & Laurens Walker, eds., Foundation Press, 6th ed., 2006), in Criminal Law: Cases and Materials (John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg & Guyora Binder, eds., Aspen Publishers, 4th ed., 2000; 5th ed., 2004; 6th ed., 2008), in Principled Sentencing: Readings on Theory and Policy (Andrew von Hirsch, Andrew Ashworth & Julian Roberts, eds., Hart Publishing, 3d ed., 2009), and in Thinking about Punishment: Penal Policy Across Space, Time and Discipline (Ashgate, 2009)

– Building a Safer Society: Strategic Approaches to Crime Prevention (University of Chicago Press, 1995) (co-editor)

– Sentencing Matters (Oxford University Press, 1996), chapter four reprinted in Community Corrections: Probation, Parole, and Intermediate Sanctions (Joan Petersilia, ed., Oxford University Press, 1997); reprinted in part in Criminal Law: Text and Materials (C. M. V. Clarkson & Heather M. Keating, eds., Sweet & Maxwell, 5th ed., 2003), and in Thinking about Punishment: Penal Policy Across Space, Time and Discipline (Ashgate, 2009)

– Sentencing Reform in Overcrowded Times: A Comparative Perspective (Oxford University Press, 1997) (co-editor)