The Juvenile Justice System: Deliquency, Processing and the Law

by Champion, Dean J.

• ISBN13: 9780130166395
• ISBN10: 0130166391
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: PRENTICE HALL PTR

Summary

For introductory courses in Juvenile Justice. This text provides a complete, in-depth overview of all phases of the contemporary juvenile justice system. It examines the nature of delinquency, classifications of juvenile offenders, alternative explanations for juvenile misconduct, juvenile courts and juvenile rights, and corrections.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
About the Author	xvii
An Introduction to Juvenile Justice in the United States	1	(39)
Introduction	2	(5)
The History of Juvenile Courts	7	(16)
Who Are Juvenile Offenders?	23	(2)
Parens Patriae	25	(1)
Modern Interpretations of Parens Patriae	26	(2)
Juvenile and Criminal Courts: Some Preliminary Distinctions	28	(4)
Alternative Philosophies for Managing Juvenile Offenders	32	(8)
Measuring Delinquency: Types of Offenders and Trends	40	(49)
Introduction	41	(2)
Delinquency: Definitions and Distinctions	43	(7)
Status Offenders and Delinquent Offenders	50	(4)
The Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenses	54	(7)
The Uniform Crime Reports and National Crime Victimization Survey	61	(7)
Other Sources	68	(4)
Violence and Nonviolence: Career Escalation?	72	(9)
Female versus Male Delinquency: Cataloging the Differences	81	(8)
An Overview of the Juvenile Justice System	89	(29)
Introduction	90	(2)
The Criminal Justice System	92	(12)
Arrest and Identification	104	(2)
Classification and Preliminary Disposition	106	(2)
Establishing Jurisdiction	108	(1)
Intake	109	(1)
Alternative Prosecutorial Actions	110	(1)
Adjudicatory Proceedings	110	(2)
Juvenile Dispositions	112	(2)
Juvenile Corrections	114	(4)
Juveniles and the Police	118	(40)
Introduction	119	(2)
Police Discretion: Use and Abuse	121	(12)
Arrests of Juveniles	133	(5)
Status Offenders and Juvenile Delinquents	138	(3)
Divestiture and Its Implications: Net-Widening	141	(4)
Redefining Delinquency	145	(2)
Delinquency Prevention Programs and Police Interventions	147	(11)
Intake and Preadjudicatory Processing	158	(45)
Introduction	159	(1)
What is Intake?	160	(6)
Intake Proceedings: Where Do We Go from Here?	166	(4)
Models for Dealing with Juvenile Offenders	170	(12)
Legal Factors: Offense Seriousness, Type of Crime Committed, Evidence, and Prior Record	182	(6)
Extralegal Factors: Age, Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status of Juvenile Offenders	188	(8)
Preliminary Decision Making: Diversion and Other Options	196	(3)
Assessment of Guardianship	199	(4)
Classification and Preliminary Treatment: Waivers and Other Alternatives	203	(54)
Introduction	204	(3)
Seriousness of the Offense, Offender Characteristics, and Waiver Decision Making	207	(20)
Types of Waivers	227	(4)
Waiver and Reverse Waiver Hearings	231	(3)
Implications of Waiver Hearings for Juveniles	234	(6)
Defense and Prosecutorial Considerations Relating to Waivers	240	(7)
Waiver patterns and Trends	247	(10)
Prosecutorial Decision Making in Juvenile Justice	257	(34)
Introduction	258	(2)
Public Defenders for Juveniles	260	(4)
The Changing Prosecutorial Role in Juvenile Matters	264	(11)
The Speedy Trial Rights of Juveniles	275	(2)
The Advocacy Role of Defense Attorneys	277	(14)
The Adjudicatory Process: Dispositional Alternatives	291	(59)
Introduction	292	(1)
The Nature of the Offense	293	(2)
First-Offender or Repeat Offender?	295	(7)
Aggravating and Mitigating Circumstances	302	(7)
Juvenile Risk Assessments and Predictions of Dangerousness	309	(27)
Predisposition Reports	336	(8)
The Judicial Decision	344	(1)
Implications of the Judicial Decision for Juvenile Offenders	345	(5)
The Legal Rights of Juveniles	350	(52)
Introduction	351	(2)
Original Juvenile Jurisdiction: Parens Patriae	353	(3)
Landmark Cases in Juvenile Justice	356	(12)
Implications for Juveniles	368	(12)
The Death Penalty for Juveniles	380	(8)
U.S. Supreme Court Death Penalty Cases	388	(6)
Identification of At-Risk Juveniles	394	(1)
Unification of Criminal and Juvenile Courts	395	(7)
Nominal Sanctions: Warnings, Diversion, and Alternative Dispute Resolution	402	(26)
Introduction	403	(1)
Nominal Dispositions Defined	404	(1)
Diversion	405	(5)
Diversion Programs for Juveniles	410	(6)
Implications of Diversion Programs for Juveniles	416	(2)
Teen Courts	418	(5)
Day Treatment Centers	423	(1)
Alternative Dispute Resolution	424	(4)
Juvenile Probation and Community-Based Corrections	428	(64)
Introduction	429	(2)
Standard Probation for Juveniles	431	(7)
The Success of Standard Juvenile Probation	438	(4)
Intermediate Punishments for Juvenile Offenders	442	(5)
Intensive Supervised Probation (ISP) for Juveniles	447	(9)
Strengths and Weaknesses of ISP Programs	456	(1)
Case Supervision Planning	457	(5)
Community-Based Alternatives	462	(9)
Electronic Monitoring	471	(6)
Home Confinement or House Arrest	477	(3)
Shock Probation	480	(2)
Boot Camps	482	(5)
Other ISP Program Conditions	487	(5)
Juvenile Corrections: Custodial Sanctions and Parole	492	(53)
Introduction	493	(2)
Goals of Juvenile Corrections	495	(3)
Current Juvenile Custodial Alternatives	498	(11)
Nonsecure Confinement	509	(1)
Secure Confinement: Variations	509	(10)
Juvenile Parole	519	(5)
Recidivism and Parole Revocation	524	(6)
Examples of Probation and Parole Revocation for Juveniles	530	(4)
Selected issues in Juvenile Corrections	534	(11)
Glossary	545	(34)
References	579	(34)
Name Index	613	(10)
Subject Index	623	(12)
Case Index	635