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.
Released: Jun 04, 1973
Runtime: 144 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Stars:
Crew: William Brayne (Director of Photography), Frederick Wiseman (Director), James Medalia (Production Assistant), Oliver Kool (Assistant Camera), Rene Koopman (Production Assistant), Frederick Wiseman (Editor)