Description: This groundbreaking study goes inside France's juvenile court system and follows young people, largely of foreign ancestry, from arrest to court trials, revealing an alarming shift in the nation's approach to its youth offenders.
Review Quotes: "How a key institution struggles against vast social changes, most of which are out of its control, but for which its responsibility is widely accpeted, is the question anthropologist Terrio tackles in her excellent book."--CHOICE