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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Greenwood, Peter W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Colección:Adolescent development and legal policy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Delinquency prevention as crime control
  • The evolution of an idea
  • Strategies for measuring program impact
  • What works
  • What doesn't work
  • The uses and limits of cost effectiveness in allocating crime-prevention resources
  • Politics, government, and prevention
  • Programming in the modern juvenile court.