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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Loeber, Rolf.

Farrington, David P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juvenile delinquency.

Criminal behavior, Prediction of.

Juvenile delinquents--Services for.

Juvenile delinquents.

Juvenile delinquency--Prevention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxii, 495 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif : Sage Publications, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presenting empirically derived insights, 'Child Delinquents' is the definitive statement to date on the working knowledge of prevalence, development, risk and protective factors, and optimal intervention with pre-teen offenders. This book is aimed at researchers, scholars, psychiatrists, and practitioners at the administrative level.

Contents:

Cover ; Contents ; Foreword ; Foreword ; Preface ; Executive Summary ; Chapter 1 - The Significance of Child Delinquency ; Part I - Epidemiology and Development of Child Delinquency ; Chapter 2 - Epidemiology of Official Offending

Chapter 3 - Epidemiology of Self-Reported Delinquency Chapter 4 - Later Delinquency Careers ; Chapter 5 - Epidemiology of Problem Behavior Up to Age 12 Years ; Chapter 6 - Uncovering Preschool Precursors to Problem Behavior ; Part II - Risk Factors and Interventions for Child Delinquency

Chapter 7 - Individual Risk and Protective Factors Chapter 8 - Family Risk Factors and Interventions ; Chapter 9 - Peer Factors and Interventions ; Chapter 10 - School and Community Risk Factors and Interventions ; Chapter 11 - Ethnicity and Gender Issues

Part III - Mental Health, Child Welfare, and Juvenile Justice Interventions for Child Delinquents Chapter 12 - Mental Health, Education, Child Welfare, and Juvenile Justice Service Use ; Chapter 13 - Juvenile Justice Programs and Strategies ; Chapter 14 - Legal Issues

Chapter 15 - Economic Costs and Benefits of Early Developmental Prevention Part IV - Conclusion ; Chapter 16 - Summary of Key Conclusions ; Chapter 17 - Key Research and Policy Issues ; Appendixes ; A. Risk/Needs Assessment and Screening Devices

B. Children Under Age 12 Years Who Commit Offenses: Canadian Legal and Treatment Approaches

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781452229089

1452229082

9780761922315

0761922318

9781452262468

1452262462

OCLC:

606553168