Juvenile Justice in America

by Bartollas, Clemens F.; Miller, Stuart J.

• ISBN13: 9780132256940
• ISBN10: 0132256940
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Fully focused on the important issues, emerging trends, contemporary research, and special challenges facing juvenile justice today, this comprehensive exploration of the American juvenile justice system covers the history and philosophy of juvenile justice, the current practices for processing youthful offenders, the detention of juveniles, and the diversion of youth from the juvenile justice system. Unique in its approach, it gives students an "up-close and personal" view of the fascinating and sometimes tragic world of the juvenile offenderand the personal, psychological and thinking processes that characterize juvenile misbehavior.Comprehensive overview of juvenile justice system institutions and operations. Realistic look at the life of juveniles. Updated statistics, research studies, case studies, interviews & photographs.For anyone working anywhere within the juvenile justice system.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Juvenile Justice: An Overview

Profile of the Juvenile Offender

The Social Context of Youth Crime

The System and Early Decision Making

The Police

The Juvenile Court

Youths in Adult Court

Juvenile Probation

Community-Based Corrections

Community-Based Corrections

Juvenile Aftercare

Institutionalization

The Training School

The Inmate World

The Staff Response

Status and Chronic Offenders

Status Offenders

The Chronic Offender

Treatment, Research, and New Directions

Treatment Technologies

Research and Theory in Juvenile Justice

Toward a New Vision of Juvenile Justice

Name Index

Subject Index

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