Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency

by Lundman, Richard J.

• ISBN13: 9780195135459
• ISBN10: 0195135458
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-12
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This remarkably successful book is the most comprehensive and accessible examination available of the various methods for the prevention and control of juvenile delinquency. Now in its third edition, this popular work has been thoroughly updated to cover all major recent trends in the field.It includes an analysis of the neighborhood and individual-level origins of juvenile delinquency and contains new chapters on DARE programs for children and adolescents and boot camps for juvenile offenders. Other chapters have been substantially updated, including the chapter on diversion, whichnow covers the serious problem of minority overrepresentation in the juvenile justice system. Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency pays particular attention to the important projects that have fundamentally shaped the thoughts and actions of persons concerned with youth crime. The third edition contains recent extensions and replications of previously examined projects andsensitizes students to the conditions that must be met to determine whether or not a project has accomplished its goal. The author offers a rigorous and logical justification of his recommendations for the future, linking what has been done in the past with what should be done in the future,especially his provocative argument in favor of doing less rather than more to juveniles in trouble with the law. Careful scholarship, exceptional writing, and over 100 illustrations, tables, and boxes make this book essential for a wide range of courses in sociology, criminology, criminal justice, public policy, administration of justice, social work, psychology, and law enforcement. Prevention and Control ofJuvenile Delinquency now offers students an even more detailed understanding of this important topic.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Delinquents	1	(36)
Juvenile Delinquency	1	(1)
Frequency and Seriousness of Delinquent Behavior	2	(1)
Uniform Crime Reports	3	(2)
Self-Report Studies	5	(3)
Summary of Juvenile Delinquency	8	(1)
Juvenile Delinquents	9	(1)
Macrolevel Origins	10	(2)
Microlevel Origins	12	(9)
Summary of Juvenile Delinquents	21	(2)
Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency	23	(2)
Predelinquent Intervention	25	(2)
Preadjudication Intervention	27	(1)
Postadjudication Intervention	27	(2)
Summary and Structure of the Book	29	(1)
Notes	30	(7)
PART ONE: PREDELINQUENT INTERVENTION
Individual Treatment	37	(30)
Early Identification	39	(1)
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory	39	(4)
The Glueck Social Prediction Table	43	(5)
Summary of Early Identification	48	(1)
The Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study	48	(1)
Description of the Project	49	(2)
Type of Treatment	51	(3)
Evaluative Design	54	(1)
Measures of Results	55	(3)
Replication: Youth Consultation Service	58	(4)
Summary and Conclusions	62	(1)
Notes	62	(5)
Dare	67	(28)
Overview of Dare	68	(1)
Origins	68	(2)
The Rapid Growth of Dare	70	(1)
Stakeholders	70	(1)
Curriculum	70	(2)
Summary of Overview of Dare	72	(1)
Project Dare Long Beach	72	(1)
Description of the Project	72	(3)
Type of Treatment	75	(1)
Evaluative Design	76	(1)
Measures of Results	76	(4)
Replication: Project Dare Charleston County	80	(3)
Replication: Project Dare Kokomo	83	(4)
Summary and Conclusions	87	(4)
Notes	91	(4)
Area Projects	95	(30)
Theoretical Origins	95	(1)
The Ecology of Urban Delinquency	96	(3)
Life Histories	99	(2)
A Clear Theoretical Explanation	101	(1)
Summary of Theoretical Origins	102	(1)
The Chicago Area Project	102	(1)
Description of the Project	103	(1)
Type of Treatment	103	(5)
Evaluative Design	108	(2)
Measures of Results	110	(2)
Replication: The Midcity Project	112	(4)
Summary and Conclusions	116	(1)
Notes	117	(8)
PART TWO: PREADJUDICATION INTERVENTION
Diversion	125	(26)
Arguments in Support of Diversion	125	(1)
Labeling and Stigmatization	126	(1)
Minority Overrepresentation	126	(4)
Summary of Arguments in Support of Diversion	130	(1)
The Sacramento County Diversion Project	130	(1)
Description of the Project	130	(2)
Type of Treatment	132	(3)
Evaluative Design	135	(1)
Measures of Results	135	(1)
Replication: Evaluation of Juvenile Diversion Projects	136	(2)
Replication: National Evaluation of Diversion Projects	138	(3)
Replication: YES (Youth Enhancement Services)	141	(3)
Summary and Conclusions	144	(1)
Notes	145	(6)
PART THREE: POSTADJUDICATION INTERVENTION
Probation and Parole	151	(36)
Probation and Parole Services for Juvenile Offenders	151	(1)
Probation	152	(5)
Parole	157	(7)
Intensive Supervision Programs	164	(2)
Community Treatment Project	166	(1)
Description of the Project	167	(1)
Type of Treatment	168	(3)
Evaluative Design	171	(1)
Measures of Results	172	(4)
Brief Replication: Viable Options	176	(2)
Summary and Conclusions	178	(1)
Old Lessons About ``New'' Intensive Supervision Programs	179	(1)
Notes	180	(7)
Scared Straight	187	(18)
Scared Straight and Deterrence	188	(1)
The Rahway State Prison Juvenile Awareness Project	188	(1)
Description of the Project	188	(3)
Type of Treatment	191	(1)
Evaluative Design	192	(1)
Measures of Results	193	(1)
Replication: Michigan Reformary Visitation Program	193	(3)
Replication: The Insiders Crime Prevention Program	196	(2)
The Current State of Efforts to Scare Juveniles Straight	198	(1)
Norway's Ullersmo Prison Project	199	(2)
Summary and Conclusions	201	(1)
Notes	202	(3)
Community Treatment	205	(33)
The Provo Experiment	206	(1)
Description of the Project	206	(5)
Type of Treatment	211	(6)
Evaluative Design	217	(2)
Measures of Results	219	(1)
Replication: The Silverlake Experiment	220	(5)
Replication: The Massachusetts ``Experiment,''	225	(9)
Summary and Conclusions	234	(1)
Notes	234	(4)
Boot Camps for Juvenile Offenders	238	(21)
Cleveland's Camp Roulston	239	(1)
Description of the Project	240	(1)
Type of Treatment	240	(2)
Evaluative Design	242	(1)
Measures of Results	243	(1)
Replication: Denver's Camp Foxfire	244	(1)
Replication: Mobile's Environmental Youth Corps	244	(2)
Replication: California Youth Authority's LEAD Boot Camps	246	(3)
Replication: North Carolina's IMPACT Boot Camps	249	(5)
Summary and Conclusions	254	(2)
Notes	256	(3)
Institutionalization	259	(38)
Incapacitation	260	(1)
Delinquency in a Birth Cohort	261	(6)
Replication: Professor Wolfgang's 1958 Birth Cohort	267	(3)
Incapacitation Summary and Conclusions	270	(3)
Deterrence: Beyond Probation	273	(1)
Description of the Project	273	(2)
Type of Treatment	275	(2)
Evaluative Design	277	(3)
Measures of Results	280	(3)
Replicative Reexamination: The Provo and Silverlake Experiments	283	(2)
Direct Replication: National Evaluation of Juvenile Restitution	285	(2)
Deterrence Summary and Conclusions	287	(2)
Notes	289	(8)
PART FOUR: CONCLUSION
Recommendations for the Future	297	(18)
Juvenile Delinquency	297	(1)
Juvenile Delinquents	298	(1)
Recommendations for the Future	298	(1)
Abandonment of Traditional Individual Treatment Delinquency Prevention Efforts	299	(1)
Abandonment of DARE	300	(1)
Abandonment of Traditional Area Projects	301	(1)
Diversion as the Standard Response to Juveniles Accused of Minor Crimes	302	(1)
Routine Probation as the First and Most Frequent Sentencing Option	303	(1)
Permanent Abandonment of Efforts to Scare Juveniles Straight	304	(1)
Permanent Expansion of Community Treatment to Accommodate All Nonviolent Offenders	305	(1)
Permanent Abandonment of Boot Camps for Juvenile Offenders	306	(2)
Institutionalization Reserved Exclusively for Juveniles Adjudicated Delinquent for Index Crimes Against Persons	308	(1)
Summary and Conclusions	309	(1)
Notes	309	(6)
Index	315