Synopsis
"Juvenile Court" shows the complex variety of cases before the Memphis Juvenile Court: foster home placement, drug abuse, armed robbery, child abuse, and sexual offenses. The sequences illustrate such issues as community protection vs. the desire for rehabilitation, the range and the limits of the choices available to the court, the psychology of the offender, and the constitutional and procedural questions involved in administering a juvenile court.
Ratings
IMDb8.2/10
22 audience votes
Key crew
- Frederick WisemanDirector
Stills
Themes
bureaucracycourtjuvenile delinquentjuvenile crimeobservational documentaryjuvenile delinquentsjuvenile justicejuvenile justice system