Kids for cash : two judges, thousands of children, and a $2.8 million kickback scheme / William Ecenbarger.

Kids for cash : two judges, thousands of children, and a $2.8 million kickback scheme / William Ecenbarger.

9781620970409 (paperback)
1620970406 (paperback)

New York : The New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, 2014.

©2012

English

xiv, 272 pages ; 21 cm

HV9105.P22 E34 2014

365/.4209748

Matthew, Angelia, and Charlie are just three children among the thousands who appeared in Judge Mark A. Ciavarella's courtroom between 2003 and 2008 and were sent away to a detention facility in which, it later came to light, Ciavarella had a personal financial stake. The author shows how this miscarriage of justice underscores a multitude of problems with our juvenile justice system, which too often criminalizes standard adolescent behavior, treats adolescents more harshly than if they were adults, and denies them their most fundamental constitutional rights.

Includes index.

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