TY  - BOOK
AU  - Elrod,Preston
AU  - Ryder,R.Scott
TI  - Juvenile justice: a social, historical and legal perspective 
SN  - 9781284172898 (paperback)
U1  - 364.360973 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Burlington, MA
PB  - Jones & Bartlett Learning
KW  - Juvenile justice, Administration of
KW  - United States
KW  - Textbooks
KW  - lcgft
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -