Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

by David W. Springer, Albert R. Roberts

Overview

"Juvenile Justice and Delinquency" is the first text to comprehensively trace the progress toward resolving critical juvenile justice and delinquency issues, and to provide cutting-edge intervention strategies to effectively rehabilitate juvenile offenders and prevent delinquency. Historical, political, and legal trends are examined and critiqued, as well as the range of developmental, familial, and sociological theoretical explanations of juvenile delinquency. Current evidence-based practice, prevention strategies and programs, and juvenile justice treatment and policy alternatives are thoroughly explored.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763760564
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	03/03/2010
Edition description:	1E
Pages:	498
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

(late of) Rutgers University

Table of Contents

Part I Introduction and Overview of Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice
Chapter 1 A Brief Historical Overview of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Chapter 2 Trends in American Youth Crime
Chapter 3 Scaling up from Juvenile Court Records to Offenses Committed
Chapter 4 Reforming Juvenile Justice through Comprehensive Community Planning
Part II Early Intervention of Delinquency and Later Criminal Offending
Chapter 5 Effectiveness of Early Crime Prevention
Chapter 6 From Risk Identification to Risk Management: A Comprehensive Strategy for Young Children Engaging in Antisocial Behavior
Chapter 7 The Power of Education in Juvenile Justice
Chapter 8 Effective Programs to Reduce School Bullying
Part III Theories of Delinquency
Chapter 9 Developmental Pathways and Life Trajectories of Delinquency
Chapter 10 Family Influences on Delinquency
Chapter 11 The Late Modern World of Adolescence and Sociological Theories of Delinquency
Part IV Juvenile Justice Treatment and Policy Alternatives
Chapter 12 Screening and Assessment of Mental Health Disorders and Risk of Re-Offending Among Juvenile Offenders
Chapter 13 Youth Suicide in Juvenile Justice Settings: Prevention through Empirically-Based Assessment and Crisis Intervention
Chapter 14 Police Responses to Criminal and Juvenile Justice in the 21st Century
Chapter 15 State-of-the-Art Juvenile Detention: In Search of a New Normal
Chapter 16 Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Juvenile Court
Chapter 17 Innovative Justice for Youth with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: Juvenile Drug and Mental Health Courts
Chapter 18 Evidence-Based Programs for At-Risk Youth and Juvenile Offenders: A Review of Proven Prevention and Intervention Models
Chapter 19 Restorative Justice and Juvenile Offenders
Chapter 20 What about the Girls? Gender, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice in the 21st Century
Chapter 21 Juvenile Delinquency and Community-Based After-care: A Review and Assessment