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Title

Serious, violent & chronic juvenile offenders : a sourcebook / James C. Howell ... [et al.], editors.

Publication

Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, c1995.

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Additional Authors

Howell, James C.

Description

viii, 296 p. : ill.; 27 cm.

Summary

This indispensable sourcebook sculpts an alternative response to juvenile crime. The rise of violent crimes committed by youths and the lack of effective responses to treating juvenile offenders have underscored the dire need for a different approach. Some of the most respected experts in juvenile justice answer that need in this authoritative volume, presenting a balanced, humane, and effective strategy for change. The result is a comprehensive approach to preventing, treating, and controlling serious juvenile criminal behavior. Thorough analysis of strategy implementation complements discussion of core issues such as controlling delinquency, developing early and intensive intervention programs, risk assessment, and classification tools. The inclusion of special chapters on recent gang research and juveniles in the criminal court system makes this volume the essential up-to-date resource for juvenile justice specialists.

Alternative Title

Serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders

Subject

• Juvenile delinquents > United States
• Juvenile recidivists > United States
• Juvenile justice, Administration of > United States
• Juvenile delinquents > Rehabilitation > United States
• Juvenile delinquency > United States > Prevention

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Trends in juvenile crime and youth violence / James C. Howell, Barry Krisberg, Michael Jones -- Comprehensvie strategy for serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders / John J. Wilson, James C. Howell -- Preventing serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offending : effective strategies from conception to age 6 / J. David Hawkins, Richard F. Catalano, Devon D. Brewer -- Preventing serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offending : a review of evaluations of selected strategies in childhood, adolescence, and the community / Devon D. Brewer [and others] -- Graduated sanctions for serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders / Barry Krisberg [and others] -- Risk assessment and classification for serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders / Richard G. Wiebush [and others] -- The prevention of serious delinquency and violence : implications from the program of research on the causes and correlates of delinquency / Terence P. Thornberry, David Huizinga, Rolf Loeber -- Separating the men from the boys : the comparative advantage of juvenile versus criminal court sanctions on recidivism among adolescent felony offenders / Jeffrey Fagan -- Gangs and youth violence : recent research / James C. Howell.

ISBN

0803974329 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^95019875^

OCLC

32666631

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library