Youth, Crime, and Justice

by Hartjen, Clayton A.

• ISBN13: 9780813543222
• ISBN10: 0813543223
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-30
• Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr
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Summary

Close to half of the world's population is below the age of criminal jurisdiction in most countries. Many of these young people are living in poverty and under totalitarian regimes. Given their deprived and often abject circumstances, it is not surprising that many of them become involved in crime.

Author Biography

Clayton A. Hartjen is a professor and chair of the department of sociology and anthropology and a member of the faculty of the Graduate School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University-Newark

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Law	p. 1
Age of Responsibility	p. 2
Jurisdiction	p. 9
Forms of Behavior	p. 14
Rights	p. 17
Conclusion	p. 21
Explaining Delinquent Acts	p. 23
Major Theories	p. 23
Peers and Delinquency	p. 26
Lack of Control	p. 28
One-Time versus Chronic Offenders	p. 30
Other Ideas	p. 32
Conclusion	p. 34
The Global Extent and Distribution of Delinquency	p. 36
Measuring Rates	p. 36
Problems with Measures	p. 37
Global Rates of Delinquent Behavior	p. 45
Explaining Rates	p. 55
Conclusion	p. 60
Forms of Delinquent Behavior	p. 62
Gangs	p. 63
Violence	p. 71
Drugs	p. 74
Conclusion	p. 83
Justice for Juveniles	p. 84
General Approaches	p. 85
Models of Juvenile Justice	p. 86
Juvenile Justice as Welfare	p. 86
Legalism and Due Process for Juveniles	p. 91
Coordinated Processing	p. 94
Conclusion	p. 97
Processing the Offender	p. 98
Processing Systems	p. 98
Key Players in the Game of Juvenile Justice	p. 106
Critical Processing Stages	p. 109
Conclusion	p. 116
Correcting Juveniles	p. 117
Dispositions	p. 117
Punishing Children	p. 120
Treating, Educating, and Training the Delinquent	p. 130
Conclusion	p. 136
Children as Victims	p. 139
Defining Victimization	p. 140
Abuse	p. 141
Neglect	p. 146
Sexual Victimization	p. 149
Institutional Victimization	p. 155
Explaining Victimization	p. 157
Conclusion	p. 159
Some Concluding Observations	p. 161
What We Know	p. 162
Some Speculations	p. 166
Toward a Global Understanding	p. 167
References	p. 169
Index	p. 193
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