Youth Justice in America

Chapter 1: American Society, Crime, and the Constitution The Constitution and Crime "We the People" and the War on Drugs: Politicians and Their Families, Athletes, Entertainers Criminal Justice: Not the End of the Story The American System of Juvenile Justice Chapter 2: What Is Crime? Constitutional Limits on Government's Power to Make Crimes The Structure of Criminal Laws Chapter 3: The Second Amendment, Youth, and Schools The Second Amendment and Young People The Second Amendment and Schools Chapter 4: Fourth Amendment: Protection from Unreasonable Searches and Seizures The Right to Be Left Alone The Exclusionary Rule Reasonable Expectation of Privacy Fourth Amendment Search Other Expectations of Privacy What Is a Seizure? Probable Cause and the Warrant Requirement Chapter 5: Exceptions Swallow the Rule: Warrantless Searches Exception 1: Emergency Circumstances Exception 2: Plain View Exception 3: Search Incident to an Arrest Exception 4: Automobile Exception Exception 5: Consensual Searches Exception 6: Stop and Frisk Exclusionary Rule Review Chapter 6: School Searches Search of Belongings Drug Testing and After-School Activities Drug Testing for All Students? Strip Searches Metal Detectors and the Constitution Chapter 7: Fifth Amendment: Privilege against Self-Incrimination The Screaming Eagle Protections against Self-Incrimination Juveniles and the Miranda Warnings What Is Custody? Pull Over, Jack What Is Interrogation? The Dangers of False Confession Chapter 8: Sixth Amendment: Right to Counsel The Right to Legal Counsel Role of Legal Counsel Role of the Defense Right to Counsel for Juveniles Right to Effective Counsel Reality of Ineffective Counsel A Quick Career Quiz Chapter 9: Cruel and Unusual Punishment The Death Penalty Today The Death Penalty and Juveniles Turning Over a New Leaf? Juveniles and Life Imprisonment Without Parole Chapter 10: The Future of Youth Justice The Goals of Criminal Punishment Record Prison Populations The Racial Dynamics of the Criminal Justice System Felon and Ex-Felon Disenfranchisement Gendered Offenders Life in Prison without Parole