Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders : Risk Factors and Successful Interventions

by Rolf Loeber

• ISBN13: 9780761920403
• ISBN10: 0761920404
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-23
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

Detailed and comprehensive, this volume presents authoritative discussions by leading scholars on issues surrounding serious and violent juvenile offenders. This population is responsible for a disproportionate percentage of all crime and poses the greatest challenge to juvenile justice policymakers. This volume integrates knowledge about risk and protective prevention programs, so that conclusions from each area can inform the other.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Never Too Early	ix
James Q. Wilson
How Criminology Can Be Enhanced by the Study of Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders	xiii
Lloyd E. Ohlin
Preface	xvii
Executive Summary	xix
Rolf Loeber
David P. Farrington
Major Aims of This Book	1	(12)
David P. Farrington
Rolf Loeber
PART I DEVELOPMENTAL COURSE AND RISK FACTORS
Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders	13	(17)
Rolf Loeber
David P. Farrington
Daniel A. Waschbusch
Race, Ethnicity, and Serious Juvenile Offending	30	(17)
Darnell F. Hawkins
John H. Laub
Janet L. Lauritsen
The Contemporaneous Co-Occurrence of Serious and Violent Juvenile Offending and Other Problem Behaviors	47	(21)
David Huzinga
Cynthia Jakob-Chien
Development of Serious and Violent Offending Careers	68	(18)
Patrick H. Tolan
Deborah Gorman-Smith
Predictors of Violent or Serious Delinquency in Adolescence and Early Adulthood: A synthesis of Longitudinal Research	86	(20)
Mark W. Lipsey
James H. Derzon
A Review of Predictors of Youth Violence	106	(41)
J. David Hawkins
Todd Herrenkohl
David P. Farrington
Devon Brewer
Richard F. Catalano
Tracy W. Harachi
Membership in Youth Gangs and Involvement in Serious and Violent Offending	147	(20)
Terence P. Thornberry
Screening of Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders: Identification, Classification, and Prediction	167	(30)
Marc Le Blanc
PART II PREVENTIVE INTERVENTIONS AND GRADUATED SANCTIONS
The Prevention of Serious and Violent Juvenile Offending	197	(51)
Gail A. Wasserman
Laurie S. Miller
Comprehensive Community-and School-Based Interventions to Prevent Antisocial Behavior	248	(36)
Richard F. Catalano
Michael W. Arthur
J. David Hawkins
Lisa Berglund
Jeffrey J. Olson
Promising Programs for Youth Gang Violence Prevention and Intervention	284	(29)
James C. Howell
Effective Intervention for Serious Juvenile Offenders: A Synthesis of Research	313	(33)
Mark W. Lipsey
David B. Wilson
The Impact of the Juvenile Justice System and Prospects for Graduated Sanctions in a Comprehensive Strategy	346	(21)
Barry Krisberg
James C. Howell
Intermediate Sanctions and Community Treatment for Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders	367	(22)
David M. Altschuler
PART III CONCLUDING OVERVIEW
Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders: Gaps in Knowledge and Research Priorities	389	(16)
Nancy G. Guerra
Conclusions and the Way Forward	405	(23)
Rolf Loeber
David P. Farrington
Appendix: Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders-An Assessment of the Extent of and Trends in Officially Recognized Serious Criminal Behavior in a Delinquent Population	428	(17)
Howard N. Snyder
References	445	(42)
Index	487	(16)
About the Contributors	503