Books by Aaron Kupchik

By comparing how adolescents are prosecuted and punished in juvenile and criminal courts, this work finds that prosecuting adolescents in criminal court does not fit with out cultural understandings of youthfulness. It suggests that justice would be better served if adolescents were handled by the system designed to address their special needs.

Police officers, armed security guards, surveillance cameras, and metal detectors are common features of the disturbing landscape at many of the high schools. This title shows that these policies lead schools to prioritize the rules instead of students, so that students' real problems get ignored.