This concise, affordable volume accomplishes two major goals. First, it provides an informative overview of the U.S. juvenile justice system, outlining the processes by which the system deals with a wide range of illegal activities. Second, the authors discuss the critical issues currently facing policymakers and practitioners, summarizing published research on juvenile issues and the impact of programs targeted toward juveniles.
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Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: Esbensen et al., American Youth Gangs at the Millennium (ISBN 1577663241); Jensen-Rojek, Delinquency and Youth Crime, Third Edition (ISBN 0881339776); Mays-Winfree, Juvenile Justice, Second Edition (ISBN 1577664124); Shelden, Delinquency and Juvenile Justice in American Society (ISBN 1577663993); and Weisheit-Culbertson, Juvenile Delinquency: A Justice Perspective, Fourth Edition (ISBN 1577660900).
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"Juvenile delinquency" is one of a great number of terms that we all use freely, assuming that we know what the term means; but do we? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
group hazard hypothesis, police diversion programs, juvenile homicide offenders, waiver proceedings, prosecutorial waiver, serious juvenile crime, transferring juveniles, waiver decision, social development model, juvenile court cases, status offenders, juvenile court jurisdiction, adjudicatory hearing, adult criminal court, judicial waiver, custody rates, delinquency cases, detention decisions, juvenile court proceedings, waiver process, violent juvenile crime, juvenile cases, present offense, status offenses, juvenile probation officers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Supreme Court, Scared Straight, African Americans, Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, Beverly Hills, Drug Abuse Resistance Education, Journal of Research, New Jersey, New Mexico, Thousand Oaks, Federal Probation, University of Chicago Press, Administration of Justice, District of Columbia, Journal of Criminal Justice, Juvenile Law, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Clark Boardman, Englewood Cliffs, Evaluation Review, Intensive Interventions, Justice Quarterly New!
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group hazard hypothesis, police diversion programs, juvenile homicide offenders, waiver proceedings, prosecutorial waiver, serious juvenile crime, transferring juveniles, waiver decision, social development model, juvenile court cases, status offenders, juvenile court jurisdiction, adjudicatory hearing, adult criminal court, judicial waiver, custody rates, delinquency cases, detention decisions, juvenile court proceedings, waiver process, violent juvenile crime, juvenile cases, present offense, status offenses, juvenile probation officers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Supreme Court, Scared Straight, African Americans, Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, Beverly Hills, Drug Abuse Resistance Education, Journal of Research, New Jersey, New Mexico, Thousand Oaks, Federal Probation, University of Chicago Press, Administration of Justice, District of Columbia, Journal of Criminal Justice, Juvenile Law, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Clark Boardman, Englewood Cliffs, Evaluation Review, Intensive Interventions, Justice Quarterly New!
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