School Crime and Juvenile Justice

by Lawrence, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780195101652
• ISBN10: 0195101650
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-08-14
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

School Crime and Juvenile Justice examines the nature, extent, and causesof school crime and disruptive behavior. It offers a current and comprehensiveoverview of the topic, and examines such important issues as the relationship ofcrime in the community and in schools, the correlation between dropout anddelinquency, the role of parents and peers, and the success of school-basedprevention strategies. This is an ideal book for individuals interested intaking a closer look at the problem of crime and violence in and around schools,and for those who wish to have a clearer understanding of how people can worktogether to create safer schools with the help of educators and juvenile justiceofficials in developing cooperative delinquency prevention programs.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Delinquency and the Schools

School Crime and Violence

Explaining Delinquency and School Crime

Families, Peers, Schools, and Delinquency

Absenteeism, Dropout, and Delinquency

School Structure and Delinqueny

School Law and Students' Rights

Juvenile Justice, Police, and the Court

Juvenile Corrections

School-Based Programs for Delinquency Prevention

Appendix

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