Intervention Strategies for Chronic Juvenile Offenders: Some New Perspectives

by Bloomsbury Academic

Overview

Today juvenile delinquents are viewed and treated much like adult criminals. The goal of rehabilitating and reforming youthful offenders—once the primary function of juvenile courts—has largely been abandoned in the past decade in favor of a punishment-orientation that includes extended periods of incarceration. This study, written by a distinguished group of criminologists, legal experts, and social scientists, attempts to determine the reasons for the decline in interest in rehabilitation, what can be done to revive it, and whether rehabilitation is ultimately a practical approach to the problem of juvenile crime.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313255762
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/18/1986
Series:	Contributions in Criminology and Penology , #15
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.69(d)