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Juveniles at risk : a plea for preventive justice / Christopher Slobogin and Mark R. Fondacaro.
LIBRA HV9069 .S64 2011
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Slobogin, Christopher, 1951-
- Series:
- American Psychology-Law Society series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Juvenile delinquency.
- Juvenile justice, Administration of.
- Juvenile delinquents--Rehabilitation.
- Juvenile delinquents.
- Physical Description:
- x, 197 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- Slobogin (criminal justice, Vanderbilt U.) and Fondacaro (psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice) advocate for a preventative model of juvenile justice which keeps youths out of the adult court system and adopts modern risk-management techniques to avoid recidivism. After providing a brief history of the juvenile court and the four predominating modes of juvenile justice in America, they outline current research on the causes of juvenile crime, differences from causes of adult crime, and potential methods for reducing youth recidivism; contrast the role and efficacy of a retributive model of correction with an individual prevention model, particularly in juvenile cases; and detail the practical application of a preventative model which would be administrative rather than criminal in nature, and prohibit transfer of juveniles into the adult correction system. They argue that research does not support the use of adult models in youth correction, and consider avenues to influence policymakers to adopt new methods based on fiscal, crime prevention, and therapeutic benefits. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Juvenile justice in flux
- Juvenile crime and how to reduce it
- The implications of science for juvenile justice
- A preventive risk-management model of juvenile justice
- The procedural implications of social science research
- The future of (juvenile) justice.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199778355
- 0199778353
- OCLC:
- 687683375
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