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Changing lives : delinquency prevention as crime-control policy /
Historically, it has been historically difficult to measure the impact of policies and programs designed to address juvenile crime. The most commonly used strategies for combating juvenile delinquency have primarily relied on intuition and fads. However, the promising research documented in Changing...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Adolescent development and legal policy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Historically, it has been historically difficult to measure the impact of policies and programs designed to address juvenile crime. The most commonly used strategies for combating juvenile delinquency have primarily relied on intuition and fads. However, the promising research documented in Changing Lives presents methods that can directly remedy these deficiencies in our juvenile justice system. Peter W. Greenwood demonstrates here that as crime rates have fallen, researchers have identified more connections between specific risk factors and criminal behavior. At the same time, program develo. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 224 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-213) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226307237 0226307239 1281956988 9781281956989 9786611956981 6611956980 |