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Kerbs, J.J. (1999). (Un)equal Justice: Juvenile Court Abolition and African Americans. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 564(1), 109-125.

1. What is the first assumption regarding the juvenile justice system?

2. What are the consequences of the third assumption pertaining to the juvenile justice system and the efficacy of treatment?

3. What is the second assumption pertaining to the juvenile justice system?

Barnes, J. (2008). Courts and the Puzzle of Institutional Stability and Change: Administrative Drift and Judicial Innovation in the Case of Asbestos. Political Research Quarterly, July 23, 1-13.

1. How have researchers considered the idea of change in an institution?

2. How might an institution or organization change through revision?

3. How could an institution or organization change through drift?

Scheffer, T., Hannken-Illjes, K., & Kozin, A. (2009). How Courts Know: Comparing English Crown Court, U.S.—American State Court, and German District Court. Space and Culture, 12(2), 183-204.

1. How do some studies place courts within a political community?

2. In what ways can the U.S. court be analyzed as a 'place on display'?

3. In what ways are the U.S. courts and the English crown courts different?