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judging mohammed juvenile delinquency immigration and exclusion at the paris palace of justice
in october 2005 three weeks of rioting erupted in france following the accidental deaths of two french boys of north african ancestry . killed while fleeing the police these boys were deemed dangerous based largely on their immigrant origins . in france disadvantaged children of immigrant and foreign ancestry represent the vast majority of formal suspects and have increasingly been portrayed as a threat to public safety and as the embodiment of the assault on french values . br despite official rhetoric of protection judging mohammed reveals how the treatment of these children in the juvenile courts system undermines legal guarantees of equality and due process and reinforces existing hierarchies . based on five years of extensive research in the largest and most influential juvenile court in france this work follows young people inside the system from arrest to court trials . revealing an alarming turn toward accountability restitution and retribution this groundbreaking study uncovers the disquieting reasons behind frances shifting approaches to the identification treatment and representation of its delinquent youth .
paperback stanford university press 2009 isbn13 9780804759601 isbn10 080475960x
abridged n isbn 13 9780804759601 number in series 1 number of pages 354 publisher stanford univ pr release date 1234742400000