Research Catalog

Title

Juvenile delinquency : readings / editors Joseph G. Weis, Robert D. Crutchfield, George S. Bridges ; with Jon'a Meyer.

Publication

Boston : Pine Forge Press, c2001.

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Additional Authors

• Weis, Joseph G.
• Crutchfield, Robert D.
• Bridges, George S.

Description

xxii, 650 p. : ill.; 24 cm. +

Summary

In Part V: Juvenile Justice reform, Peter w. Greenwood discusses trends in juvenile corrections. Assessments of alternative placements such as transfer to adult court, custodial institutions, wilderness camps, group homes, aftercare and parole, boot camps, community service supervision and programming, probation and diversion.

Subject

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

Genre/Form

Floppy disks.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 631-638) and index.

System Details (note)

• System requirements for accompanying computer disk: SPSS® for Windows or Microcase software.

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• committed to retain

Contents

• Preface / The Editors -- Introduction / Travis Hirschi -- pt. I. What is Delinquency? The History and Definitions of Delinquency. Investing the Stubborn Child / John Sutton. The Rise of the Child-Saving Movement / Anthony Platt. The Juvenile Court Law in Cook County, Illinois, 1899 / Hon R.S. Tuthill. Title 13, Revised Code of Washington: The Juvenile Justice Act, 1994 -- pt. II. How is Delinquency Measured? The Observation and Measurement of Delinquency. Prevalence, Incidence, Rates, and Other Descriptive Measures / Paul E. Tracy, Jr. The Accuracy of Official and Self-Report Measures of Delinquency / Michael J. Hindelang, Travis Hirschi and Joseph G. Weis. Chronic Offenders: The Missing Cases in Self-Report Delinquency Research / Stephen A. Cernkovich, Peggy C. Giordano and Meredith D. Pugh. Data Analysis Exercise: A Look at Incidence and Prevalence of Delinquency --^
• pt. III. Who Are the Delinquents? The Distribution and Correlates of Delinquency. Age, Sex, and the Versatility of Delinquent Involvements / Michael J. Hindelang. Juvenile Offender Prevalence, Incidence, and Arrest Rates by Race / David Huizinga and Delbert S. Elliott. Social Class and Crime / Joseph G. Weis. Reconsidering the Relationship Between SES and Delinquency: Causation but Not Correlation / Bradley R. Entner Wright, Avshalom Caspi and Terri E. Moffitt / [and others]. Families and Delinquency: A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Broken Homes / L. Edward Wells and Joseph H. Rankin. The Effect of Dropping Out of High School on Subsequent Criminal Behavior / Terence P. Thronberry, Melanie Moore and R.L. Christenson. Age, Peers, and Delinquency / Mark Warr. Violent Crimes in City Gangs / Walter B. Miller. Social Learning Theory, Self-Reported Delinquency, and Youth Gangs / L. Thomas Winfree, Jr., Teresa Vigil Backstrom and G. Larry Mays.^
• Delinquency Substance Use Among Inner-City Students / Jeffrey Fagan, Joseph G. Weis and Yu-Teh Cheng. Data Analysis Exercise: An Exploration of the Correlates of Juvenile Delinquency --^
• pt. IV. What Causes Delinquency? How is it Controlled? The Interdependence of Theory and Practice. Unravelling Juvenile Delinquency / Sheldon Glueck and Eleanor Glueck. Unraveling Families and Delinquency: A Reanalysis of the Gluecks' Data / John H. Laub and Robert J. Sampson. The Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study / Edwin Powers and Shirley Witmer. A Thirty-Year Follow-Up of Treatment Effects / Joan McCord. Risk Behavior in Adolescence: A Psychosocial Framework for Understanding and Action / Richard Jessor. Early Childhood Intervention / Edward Zigler, Cara Taussig and Kathryn Black. Deviant Places: A Theory of the Ecology of Crime / Rodney Stark. Social Disorganization and Theories of Crime and Delinquency / Robert J. Bursik, Jr. The Chicago Area Project / Solomon Kobrin. The Chicago Area Project Revisited / Steven Schlossman and Michael Sedlak. Lower-Class Culture as a Generating Milieu of Gang Delinquency / Walter B. Miller. Social Sources of Chinese Gang Delinquency / Ko-Lin Chin.^
• Why the United States Has Failed to Solve Its Youth Gang Problem / Walter B. Miller. A Differential Association-Reinforcement Theory of Criminal Behavior / Robert L. Burgess and Ronald L. Akers. The Role of Peers in the Complex Etiology of Adolescent Drug Use / Richard E. Johnson, Anastasios C. Macros and Stephen J. Bahr. Behavioral Approaches to Treatment in the Crime and Delinquency Field / Curtis J. Brauckmann, Dean L. Fixsen and Elery L. Phillips / [et al.]. Assessing the Effects of School-Based Drug Education: A 6-Year Multilevel Analysis of Project D.A.R.E. / Dennis P. Rosenbaum and Gordon S. Hanson. Illegitimate Means, Anomie, and Deviant Behavior / Richard A. Cloward. A Revised Strain Theory of Delinquency / Robert Agnew. The Natural History of an Applied Theory: Differential Opportunity and Mobilization for Youth / James F. Short, Jr. The Provo Experiment in Delinquency Rehabilitation / LaMar T. Empey and Jerome Rabow. A Control Theory of Delinquency / Travis Hirschi.^
• The Empirical Status of Hirschi's Control Theory / Kimberly L. Kempf. Preventing Delinquency: The Social Development Model / Joseph G. Weis and J. David Hawkins. The Prevention of Serious Delinquency: What to Do? / Joseph G. Weis and John Sederstrom. Reducing Early Childhood Aggression: Results of a Primary Prevention Program / J. David Hawkins, Elizabeth Vol Cleve and Richard F. Catalano, Jr. / [et al.]. An Overview of Labeling Theory / Edwin Schur. The Labeling Perspective and Delinquency: An Elaboration of the Theory and an Assessment of the Evidence / Raymond Paternoster and Leeann Iovanni. Reflected Appraisals, Parental Labeling, and Delinquency / Ross L. Matsueda. Diversion in Juvenile Justice / Edwin M. Lemert. Data Analysis Exercise: An Exploration of Differential Association-Reinforcement Theory. Data Analysis Exercise: An Exploration of Strain Theory --^
• pt. V. Juvenile Justice Reform. Juvenile Court Theory and Impact in Historical Perspective / Homer H. Clark, Jr. Beyond Gault: Injustice and the Child / Paul Lerman. In re Gault Revisited: A Cross-State Comparison of the Right to Counsel in Juvenile Court / Barry C. Feld. Responding to Juvenile Crime: Lessons Learned / Peter W. Greenwood. Gender Bias in Juvenile Justice Processing: Implications of the JJDP Act / Donna M. Bishop and Charles E. Frazier. Race, Gender, and the Prehearing Detention of Juveniles / Kimberly Kempf-Leonard. The Comparative Advantage of Juvenile Versus Criminal Court Sanctions on Recidivism Among Adolescent Felony Offenders / Jeffrey Fagan. An Analysis of Juvenile Correctional Treatment / Steven P. Lab and John T. Whitehead. Alternative Placements for Juvenile Offenders: Results From the Evaluation of the Nokomis Challenge Program / Elizabeth Piper Deschenes and Peter W. Greenwood.^
• A Survey of Juvenile Electronic Monitoring and Home Confinement Programs / Joseph B. Vaughn. Boot Camps: A Critique and a Proposed Alternative / Anthony W. Salerno. The Future of Juvenile Justice Policy and Research / Lloyd E. Ohlin. Abolis the Juvenile Court: Youthfulness, Criminal Responsibility, and Sentencing Policy / Barry C. Feld. Data Analysis Exercise: A Look at Juveniles Processed in the Adult Criminal Courts.

ISBN

0761986782 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^00011073^

OCLC

• 44926853
• SCSB-12106789

Owning Institutions

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