Child delinquents : development, intervention, and service needs / Rolf Loeber and David P. Farrington, edotors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Loeber, Rolf.

Farrington, David P.

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juvenile delinquency.

Criminal behavior, Prediction of.

Juvenile delinquents--Services for.

Juvenile delinquents.

Juvenile delinquency--Prevention.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 495 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [2001]

Summary:

Between 1980 and 1996 the number of arrests has increased considerably for offenders ages 12 and under. This increase is a cost to society in two ways: the cost of the crime and the cost of multiple agencies involved with these children. Several questions have developed due to this increase: How does the juvenile justice system deal with child delinquents? Is child delinquency a predictor of serious, violent, and chronic offending? How early can we predict delinquency, and what are early warning signs?

Presenting empirically derived insights, Child Delinquents, is the definitive statement to date on the working knowledge with preteen offenders. This book is an excellent source for a broad audience of researchers, scholars, psychiatry, and practitioners at the administrative level.

Contents:

The significance of child delinquency / Rolf Loeber, David P. Farrington

Epidemiology of official offending / Howard N. Snyder

Epidemiology of self-reported delinquency / Rachele C. Espiritu ... [et al.]

Later delinquency careers / Marvin D. Krohn ... [et al.]

Epidemiology of problem behavior up to age 12 / David R. Offord, Ellen L. Lipman, Erik K. Duku

Uncovering preschool precursor problem behaviors / Kate Keenan

Individual risk and protective factors / Richard E. Tremblay, David Lemarquand

Family risk factors and interventions / Gail A. Wasserman, Angela M. Seracini

Peer factors and interventions / John D. Coie, Shari Miller-Johnson

School and community risk factors and interventions / Todd I. Herrenkohl ... [et al.]

Race and gender issues / Kimberly Kempf-Leonard, Meda Chesney-Lind, Darnell F. Hawkins

Mental health, education, child welfare, and juvenile justice service use / Barbara J. Burns ... [et al.]

Juvenile justice programs and strategies / James C. Howell

Legal issues / Janet K. Wiig

Economic costs and benefits of early developmental prevention / Brandon C. Welsh

Summary of key conclusions / David P. Farrington, Rolf Loeber

Key research and policy issues / David P. Farrington, Rolf Loeber, Larry M.

Kalb.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-471) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

ISBN:

0761922318

0761924000

OCLC:

44883716