An American Travesty: Legal Responses to Adolescent Sexual Offending

Focusing on the justice system's treatment of adolescent sex offenders, the book critiques the failure to consider their developmental status during legal proceedings. Zimring argues that the legal system often treats young offenders similarly to adults, leading to misguided policies based on erroneous assumptions. Drawing on seventy-five years of empirical data, he advocates for reforms in juvenile and criminal courts, as well as sex offender registration laws, aiming to establish a more informed and rational approach to addressing the issue.