Juvenile justice sourcebook : past, present, and future / edited by Albert R. Roberts.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roberts, Albert R.

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 (xix, 628 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

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 sourcebook is to trace the tremendous progress achieved toward resolving juvenile justice issues, dilemmas, and controversies, while providing futuristic visions for the juvenile justice field.; Each chapter, authored by preeminent expert practitioners and researchers, explores topics ranging from innovative counseling and multisystemic programs, to restorative justice, to rehabilitation programs such as aggression replacement training, wilderness programs, family treatment, substance abuse treatment, restitution, and aftercare.; This volume, grounded in history and exhaustive research, presents the latest evidence-based policies, programs, and innovative treatment alternatives. Examining the entire juvenile justice system, including juvenile law, policies, practices, and research, the Juvenile Justice Sourcebook will be invaluable to all juvenile justice practitioners, policy analysts, researchers, and students.

Contents:

An overview of juvenile justice and juvenile delinquency : cases, definitions, trends, and intervention strategies / Albert R. Roberts 5

Juvenile justice policy : current trends and 21st-century issues / C. Aaron McNeece, Sherry Jackson 41

Lessons learned from the storm of violence and inner-city crime of the 1990s : the relationship between juvenile crime trends and drug addiction / Albert R. Roberts, Kenneth R. Yeager 69

School violence : prevalence, policies, and prevention / Lisa Hunter, Gordon MacNeil, Maurice Elias 101

Treating juveniles in institutional and open settings / Albert R. Roberts 129

Community strategies with juvenile offenders / Albert R. Roberts 147

The emergence of the juvenile court and probation services / Albert R. Roberts 163

The emergence and proliferation of juvenile diversion programs / Albert R. Roberts 183

Police work with juveniles : discretion, model programs, and school police resource officers / William J. Flynn, Brian McDonough 199

Juvenile detention : issues for the 21st century / David W. Roush 217

Juvenile court : bridging the past and the future / Carrie J. Petrucci, H. Ted Rubin 247

Mental illness and juvenile offending / Lisa Rapp-Palicchi, Albert R. Roberts 289

A matter of years : the juvenile death penalty and the United States Supreme Court / Kenneth C. Haas 309

Principles and evidence of the effectiveness of family treatment / Carrie J. Petrucci, Albert R. Roberts 339

Evidence-based treatment of juvenile delinquents with externalizing disorders : conduct disorder and explosive anger case exemplar / David W. Springer 365

Understanding the impact of trauma on female juvenile delinquency and gender-specific practice / Scott K. Okamoto, Meda Chesney-Lind 381

Structured wilderness experiences : camping, environmental, and other outdoor rehabilitation programs / Albert R. Roberts 395

Juvenile homicide encapsulated / Kathleen M. Heide 423

Balanced and restorative justice : prospects for juvenile justice in the 21st century / Gordon Bazemore, Mark Umbreit 467

Juvenile assessment centers : an innovative approach to identify and respond to youth with substance abuse and related problems entering the justice system / Richard Dembo, James Schmeidler, Wansley Walters 511

Epilogue : national survey of juvenile offender treatment programs that work / Albert R. Roberts 537

Glossary / Evelyn Roberts Levine 563.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-53416-8

1-4237-5677-0

1-4337-0032-8