Research Catalog

Title

Juvenile crime, juvenile justice / Panel on Juvenile Crime, Prevention, Treatment, and Control ; Joan McCord, Cathy Spatz Widom, and Nancy A. Crowell, editors.

Publication

Washington, DC : National Academy Press, c2001.

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Additional Authors

• Crowell, Nancy A.
• Institute of Medicine (U.S.)
• McCord, Joan.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Children, Youth, and Families.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Law and Justice.
• Widom, Cathy Spatz, 1945-

Description

xviii, 384 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Juvenile delinquency > United States
• Juvenile justice, Administration of > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-313) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction. Child and Adolescent Development: Not Just Little Adults. International Perspective. Charge to the Panel. Definitions Used in This Report. Plan of the Report -- 2. Patterns and Trends in Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice. Sources of Data. Crime Trends. Girls and Delinquency. Forecasting Trends in Juvenile Crime -- 3. The Development of Delinquency. Individual-Level Risk Factors. Social Factors. Community Factors. The Development of Delinquency in Girls -- 4. Preventing Juvenile Crime. Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency Through Family Interventions. School-Based Preventive Interventions. Peer-Group Based Interventions. Community-Based Interventions -- 5. The Juvenile Justice System. History of the Juvenile Justice System. The Juvenile Justice System in the 1990s. Justice System Involvement and Employment. Girls in the Juvenile Justice System. Recent Legislative Changes Affecting the Juvenile Court. Impact of Legislative Changes.

ISBN

0309068428 (hardcover)

LCCN

^^2001001248

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library