Juvenile justice sourcebook : past, present and future / edited by Wesley T. Church II, David W. Springer, and Albert R. Roberts.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Church II, Wesley T., editor.

Springer, David W., editor.

Roberts, Albert R., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juvenile justice, Administration of--United States.

Juvenile justice, Administration of.

Juvenile courts--United States.

Juvenile courts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (706 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 American society. Juvenile Justice Sourcebook is the first comprehensive volume devoted exclusively to the biopsychosocial assessment, police and juvenile court processing, and institutional and community-based treatment and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders. The overriding objective of this sourc

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-938960-8

0-19-932462-X

OCLC:

870272894