Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency

by Lundman, Richard J.

• ISBN13: 9780195064070
• ISBN10: 0195064070
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-04-08
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

For nearly a decade the most comprehensive account of delinquency prevention and control efforts, this popular textbook has been thoroughly revised to cover all major recent trends in the field. The new edition offers a careful analysis of intensive supervision programs, connecting ISPs with earlier intermediate intervention programs and probing the effectiveness of this entire class of supervision methods. Other chapters have been substantially updated to reflect the transformation of prison-visitation programs from a "scared straight" to an equally risky "informed straight" orientation, and to include Jerome Miller's recent account of the Massachusetts experiment in closing training schools. The new edition also provides a richer perspective on patterns of delinquent behavior across time, a clearer link between labeling theory and diversion programs, a stronger assessment of both the incapacitation and deterrence hypotheses, and a more rigorous justification of the author's recommendations for the future, especially of his provocative argument in favor of community-based treatment for nearly all chronic offenders. As before, the book features in-depth discussions of all of the most important programs, stresses the importance of determining if programs meet their goals and outlines the most useful evaluative methods for doing so, and makes imaginative use of description and analysis to build foundations for the future. A standard text for a wide range of courses in departments of sociology, criminology, criminal justice, administration of justice, and law enforcement, Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency now offers students an even more complete, more richly detailed understanding of this complex topic.

Table of Contents

Juvenile Delinquency	3	(27)
Types of Delinquent Acts	3	(1)
Frequency and Seriousness of Delinquent Behavior	4	(1)
Uniform Crime Reports	5	(4)
Self-Report Studies	9	(5)
Delinquency in Perspective	14	(1)
Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency	15	(2)
Predelinquent Intervention	17	(1)
Preadjudication Intervention	18	(1)
Postadjudication Intervention	18	(2)
Structure of the Book	20	(7)
Notes	21	(6)
PART ONE: PREDELINQUENT INTERVENTION
Individual Treatment	27	(31)
Early Identification	29	(1)
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory	29	(4)
The Glueck Social Predication Table	33	(4)
Summary of Efforts at Early Identification	37	(2)
The Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study	39	(1)
Description of the Project	39	(2)
Type of Treatment	41	(3)
Evaluative Design	44	(1)
Measures of Results	45	(3)
Replication: Youth Consultation Service	48	(3)
Summary and Conclusions	51	(7)
Notes	53	(5)
Area Projects	58	(31)
Theoretical Origins	58	(1)
The Ecology of Urban Delinquency	59	(3)
List Histories	62	(2)
A Clear Theoretical Explanation	64	(1)
Summary of Theoretical Origins	65	(1)
The Chicago Area Project	66	(1)
Description of the Project	66	(2)
Type of Treatment	68	(5)
Evaluative Design	73	(1)
Measures of Results	73	(3)
Replication: The Midcity Project	76	(4)
Summary and Conclusions	80	(9)
Notes	81	(8)
PART TWO: PREADJUDICATION INTERVENTION
Diversion	89	(26)
Labeling Theory	90	(1)
Frank Tannenbaum	90	(1)
Howard S. Becker	91	(1)
Summary of Labeling Theory	91	(1)
The Sacramento County Diversion Project	91	(1)
Description of the Project	92	(1)
Type of Treatment	93	(2)
Evaluative Design	95	(2)
Measures of Results	97	(1)
Replication: Evaluation of Juvenile Diversion Projects	98	(3)
Replication: National Evaluation of Diversion Projects	101	(3)
Replication: Adolescent Diversion Project	104	(5)
Summary and Conclusions	109	(6)
Notes	110	(5)
PART THREE: POSTADJUDICATION INTERVENTION
Probation and Parole	115	(34)
Probation and Parole Services for Juvenile Offenders	116	(1)
Probation	116	(6)
Parole	122	(4)
Intensive Supervision Programs	126	(2)
Community Treatment Project	128	(1)
Description of the Project	129	(1)
Type of Treatment	130	(4)
Evaluative Design	134	(1)
Measures of Results	135	(4)
Brief Replication: Viable Options	139	(2)
Summary and Conclusions	141	(1)
Old Lessons About ``New'' Intensive Supervision Programs	142	(7)
Notes	142	(7)
Scared Straight	149	(22)
Deterrence Theory	150	(1)
The Rahway State Prison Juvenile Awareness Project	151	(1)
Description of the Project	151	(2)
Type of Treatment	153	(2)
Evaluative Design	155	(1)
Measures of Results	156	(1)
Replication: Michigan Reformatory Visitation Program	156	(3)
Replication: Juvenile Offenders Learn Truth	159	(2)
Replication: The Insiders Crime Prevention Program	161	(3)
Summary and Conclusions	164	(7)
Notes	167	(4)
Community Treatment	171	(34)
The Provo Experiment	172	(1)
Description of the Project	172	(5)
Type of Treatment	177	(7)
Evaluative Design	184	(2)
Measures of Results	186	(1)
Replication: The Silverlake Experiment	187	(5)
Replication: The Massachusetts ``Experiment''	192	(7)
Summary and Conclusions	199	(6)
Notes	200	(5)
Institutionalization	205	(36)
Incapacitation	206	(2)
Delinquency in a Birth Cohort	208	(5)
Replication: Professor Wolfgang's 1958 Birth Cohort	213	(3)
Incapacitation: Summary and Conclusions	216	(1)
Deterrence: Beyond Probation	217	(1)
Description of the Project	217	(2)
Type of Treatment	219	(2)
Evaluative Design	221	(3)
Measures of Results	224	(3)
Replicative Reexamination: The Provo and silverlake Experiments	227	(3)
Direct Replication: National Evaluation of Juvenile Restitution	230	(2)
Deterrence: Summary and conclusions	232	(9)
Notes	234	(7)
PART FOUR: CONCLUSION
Recommendations for the Future	241	(22)
Juvenile Delinquency	241	(1)
Recommendations for the Future	242	(1)
Abandonment of Traditional Delinquency-Prevention Efforts	243	(2)
Diversion as the Standard Response to Juveniles Accused of Status and Minor Property Offenses	245	(2)
Routine Probation as the First and Most Frequent Sentencing Option	247	(4)
Permanent Abandonment of Efforts to Scare and Inform Juveniles Straight	251	(1)
Expansion of Community Treatment	252	(3)
Institutionalization Reserved for Juvenile Adjudicated Delinquent for Index Crimes Against Persons	255	(2)
Summary and Conclusions	257	(6)
Notes	257	(6)
Selected Bibliography	263	(10)
Index	273