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Juvenile justice & youth violence / author, James C. Howell.
- Title
- Juvenile justice & youth violence / author, James C. Howell.
- Author
- Howell, James C.
- Publication
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1997.
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Text | Use in library | KF9779 .H69 1997 | Off-site |
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- Description
- x, 251 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
- Summary
- Topics covered include reform movements, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (U.S.), youth gangs, homicides, drug trafficking, program evaluation, strategic planning.
- Alternative Title
- Juvenile justice and youth violence.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-242) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Juvenile reform movements -- Landmark federal legislation -- Who's to blame for violent crime? -- Juvenile delinquency trends and juvenile justice system responses -- Removing juveniles from the juvenile justice system -- Youth gang homicides, drug trafficking, and program interventions -- Risk factors for youth violence -- The case for developmental criminology -- A comprehensive strategy -- Conclusion: return to rationality -- Appendix: A comprehensive strategy for serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders.
- ISBN
- 0761903739 (cloth)
- LCCN
- ^^^97004673^
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library