Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders : Risk Factors and Successful Interventions.

Detailed and comprehensive, this volume presents authoritative discussions by leading scholars on issues surrounding serious and violent juvenile offenders. This population is responsible for a disproportionate percentage of all crime and poses the greatest challenge to juvenile justice policymakers...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Loeber, Dr. Rolf
Otros Autores: Farrington, Professor David P. P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1998.
Temas:
Juvenile delinquency > United States > Prevention.
Deviant behavior > United States > Prevention.
Violent crimes > United States > Prevention.
At-risk youth > Behavior modification > United States.
Délinquance juvénile > États-Unis > Prévention.
Deviant behavior > Prevention
Juvenile delinquency > Prevention
At-risk youth > Behavior modification
Violent crimes > Prevention
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Foreword: Never Too Early; How Criminology can be Enhanced by the Study of Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders; Preface; Executive Summary; Chapter 1
  • Major Aims of this Book; PART I
  • Developmental Course and Risk Factors; Chapter 2
  • Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders; Chapter 3
  • Race, Ethnicity, and Serious Juvenile Offending; Chapter 4
  • The Contemporaneous Co-Occurrence of Serious and Violent Juvenile Offending and Other Problem Behaviors; Chapter 5
  • Development of Serious and Violent Offending Careers.
  • Chapter 6
  • Predictors of Violent or Serious Delinquency in Adolescence and Early Adulthood: A Synthesis of Longitudinal ResearchChpater 7
  • A Review of Predictors of youth Violence; Chapter 8
  • Membership in Youth Gangs and Involvement in Serious and Violent Offending; Chapter 9
  • Screening of Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders: Identification, Classification, and Prediction; PART II
  • Preventive Interventions and Graduated Sanctions; Chapter 10
  • The Prevention of Serious and Violent Juvenile Offending.
  • Chapter 11
  • Comprehensive Community- and School-Based Interventions to Prevent Antisocial BehaviorChapter 12
  • Promising Programs for youth Gang Violence Prevention and Intervention; Chapter 13
  • Effective Intervention for Serious Juvenile Offenders: A Synthesis of Research; Chapter 14
  • The Impact of the Juvenile Justice System and Prospects for Graduated Sanctions in a Comprehensive Strategy; Chapter 15
  • Intermediate Sanctions and Community Treatment for Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders; PART III
  • Concluding Overview.
  • Chapter 16
  • Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders: Gaps in Knowledge and Research PrioritiesChapter 17
  • Conclusions and the Way Forward; Appendix: Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders--An Assessment of the Extent of and Trends in Officially Recognized Serious Criminal Behavior in a Delinquent Population; References; Index; About the Contributors.

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