Changing lives : delinquency prevention as crime-control policy /

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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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Greenwood, Peter W.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Collection:Adolescent development and legal policy.
Sujets:
Juvenile delinquency > United States > Prevention.
Juvenile delinquents > Rehabilitation > United States.
Crime prevention > United States.
Délinquance juvénile > États-Unis > Prévention.
Jeunes délinquants > Réhabilitation > États-Unis.
Criminalité > Prévention > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Crime prevention
Juvenile delinquency > Prevention
Juvenile delinquents > Rehabilitation
United States
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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