Document Type
Article - On Campus Only
Publication Date
2013
Abstract
Mutually critical conversations between theology, ethics, and law have been underdeveloped with respect to juvenile justice. I appropriate recent theological work on the rights and agency of children to critique adultcentric approaches to juvenile justice. I focus on recent trends in juvenile justice, including sentencing juveniles to life without the possibility of parole. In developing my polemic against such policies, I analyze Graham v. Florida and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and their implications for juvenile justice. The final section constructively proposes juvenile justice reforms and advocates for the elimination of juvenile life sentences without parole.
Recommended Citation
Rothchild, Jonathan. "Childhood without Life, Life without Childhood: Theological and Legal Critiques of Current Juvenile Justice Policies." Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, vol. 33 no. 1, 2013, p. 83-103. doi:10.1353/sce.2013.0006.
