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Juvenile justice sourcebook : past, present and future /

Several million reported and unreported delinquent acts take place each year. In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, juvenile delinquency, acting-out and oppositional behavior, illegal drugs, guns, and youth violence are pervasive throughout A...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Church, Wesley T., II
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Juvenile Justice: SOURCEBOOK; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword for Juvenile Justice Sourcebook, 2nd edition; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; SECTION I Overview, Trends, and Critical Issues in Juvenile Justice; 1 An Overview of Juvenile Justice and Juvenile Delinquency: Cases, Definitions, Trends, and Intervention Strategies; 2 Juvenile Justice Policy: Current Trends and 21st-Century Issues; 3 The Second American Crime Drop: Trends in Juvenile and Youth Violence; 4 Theories of Juvenile Crimeand Delinquency.
  • 5 Risk and Protective Factors for Involvement in Juvenile Justice: Implications for Prevention6 Brain Science and Juvenile Justice: Questions for Policy and Practice; SECTION II Juvenile Justice Processing; 7 Police Work with Juveniles; 8 Juveniles' Competence and Procedural Rights in Juvenile Court; 9 Juvenile Detention; 10 Juvenile Drug Courts, Juvenile Mental Health Courts, and Teen Courts; 11 Waivers and Transfers of Juveniles to Adult Court: Treating Juveniles like Adult Criminals; SECTION III School- and Community-Based Programs.
  • 12 Marginalized Students, School Exclusion, and the School-to-Prison Pipeline13 School-Based Delinquency Prevention; 14 Community-Based Treatment Interventions; 15 Neighborhood Street Gangs: Patterns, Activities, and Community-Based Programs; 16 Re-entry and Aftercare; SECTION IV Evidence-Based Assessment and Treatment with Juvenile Delinquents; 17 Risk Assessment with Juvenile Offenders; 18 Mental Health and Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Current Status and Evidence-Informed Future Directions; 19 Family-Based Interventions for Juvenile Offenders.
  • SECTION V Special Issues and Populations20 Homelessness and Juvenile Justice; 21 Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) in the U.S. Juvenile Justice System; 22 The Wayward Girl in the 21st Century: Female Pathways to Delinquency; 23 Juvenile Sex Offenders: History, Policies, and Assessment; 24 Serious, Chronic, and Violent Offenders; 25 Gender, Racially, and Culturally Grounded Practice; SECTION VI Juvenile Justice Reform; 26 The Road Ahead: Progressive Possibilities and Challenges for Juvenile Justice Reform; Glossary; Index.