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Juvenile justice : a social, historical and legal perspective / Preston Elrod & R. Scott Ryder.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2021]Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xxi, 382 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
ISBN:
  • 9781284172898 (paperback)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 364.360973 23
Contents:
The Context of Juvenile Justice -- Measures of Juvenile Crime : What They Tell Us About Delinquency -- Delinquency Problems Encountered in Juvenile Justice -- The Social Context of Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice -- The History of Youth Social Control and Juvenile Justice -- Public and Police Responses to Youths' Illegal Behavior -- Juvenile Diversion -- Preadjudication Processes in Juvenile Justice -- The Transfer of Juveniles to Criminal Court -- The Contemporary Juvenile Court -- Community-Based Corrections for Court-Involved Youths -- Institutional Corrections Programs for Court-Involved Youths -- Present Conditions and Future Directions in Juvenile Justice -- Working in Juvenile Justice.
Summary: "Juvenile Justice is an introductory textbook for a predominantly one-semester course of the same name within criminal justice or sociology programs. It is a 14-chapter, softcover, 4-color textbook covering a broad range of topics, including the administration of juvenile justice, the theories about, and references to scholarly literature and studies. Because Juvenile Justice presents the topic within a societal and historical context, readers gain a firm knowledge of the rationales to practice and challenges facing its administration"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Context of Juvenile Justice -- Measures of Juvenile Crime : What They Tell Us About Delinquency -- Delinquency Problems Encountered in Juvenile Justice -- The Social Context of Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice -- The History of Youth Social Control and Juvenile Justice -- Public and Police Responses to Youths' Illegal Behavior -- Juvenile Diversion -- Preadjudication Processes in Juvenile Justice -- The Transfer of Juveniles to Criminal Court -- The Contemporary Juvenile Court -- Community-Based Corrections for Court-Involved Youths -- Institutional Corrections Programs for Court-Involved Youths -- Present Conditions and Future Directions in Juvenile Justice -- Working in Juvenile Justice.

"Juvenile Justice is an introductory textbook for a predominantly one-semester course of the same name within criminal justice or sociology programs. It is a 14-chapter, softcover, 4-color textbook covering a broad range of topics, including the administration of juvenile justice, the theories about, and references to scholarly literature and studies. Because Juvenile Justice presents the topic within a societal and historical context, readers gain a firm knowledge of the rationales to practice and challenges facing its administration"-- Provided by publisher.

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