They Started It  

Clearly, a reassessment of the New Left and the young radicals of the 1960s is long overdue. And it is also clear that the present political mood, so markedly different from that of 20 years ago, has played its part …



Dispensing with Justice  

Peter Prescott, book critic of Newsweek, wrote this study of the Juvenile Justice System in New York City, knowing and keeping in mind that he was not qualified to discuss either the causes of juvenile crime or the means of …



Impediments to Justice  

Lois Forer’s Criminals and Victims is a triumph of clear thinking. The author is a judge in Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas, and she discusses law and order, the rights of defendants, the rights of victims—topics dear to the hearts …



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