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Juvenile Delinquency

A Justice Perspective, Fourth Edition

 

Ralph A. Weisheit and Robert G. Culbertson

 

Reflecting changes in perceptions of the juvenile crime problem and changes in juvenile justice policy, the Fourth Edition incorporates nine new articles that address a range of issues facing the juvenile justice system. These include historical patterns of responses to juvenile crime, the influence of biology and early experiences on juvenile violence, juvenile crime and the schools, gang violence, family factors and the processing of juvenile cases, restorative justice, the use of teen courts, treating juvenile offenders exposed to childhood trauma, and questions about whether the juvenile court should be abolished. Like earlier editions, this revision reflects an interdisciplinary perspective and supplements general texts with in-depth coverage of specific issues. Ultimately, the editors’ objective is to stimulate the interests of students in one of the more complex and fascinating aspects of justice. The reader will find the articles provocative, informative, and clearly presented.

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$29.95 list, 318 pages

10-digit ISBN: 1-57766-090-0

13-digit ISBN: 978-1-57766-090-3

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“Clear and concise. A complete review of juvenile delinquency.”  — Pam Chambers, Sinclair Community College

 

“. . . an excellent, low-priced learning tool that does not intimidate students.”  — Christopher Hale, Asnuntuck Community College

 

Table of Contents

 

Section I. THE DELINQUENCY PROBLEM AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM

1. Delinquency and Social Policy: A Historical Perspective (Paul Lerman)

2. The Cycle of Juvenile Justice (Thomas J. Bernard)

Section II. SOURCES OF DELINQUENCY

3. Tracing the Roots of Violence (Robin Karr-Morse and Meredith S. Wiley)

4. School Crime and Juvenile Justice (Richard Lawrence)

5. Private Pain and Public Behaviors: Sexual Abuse and Delinquent Girls (Robin A. Robinson)

6. Collective and Normative Features of Gang Violence (Scott H. Decker)

Section III. JUVENILES IN THE SYSTEM

7. Conceptions of Family and Juvenile Court Processes: A Qualitative Assessment (Charles J. Corley, Timothy S. Bynum, and Madeline Wordes)

8. Certification to Criminal Court: The Important Policy Questions of How, When, and Why? (Joseph B. Sanborn, Jr.)

9. Screwing the System and Making It Work: Juvenile Justice in the No-Fault Society (Mark D. Jacobs)

10. Restorative Justice: What’s “New” about the Balanced Approach? (Gordon Bazemore)

11. Teen Court: A Therapeutic Jurisprudence Perspective (Allison R. Schiff and David B. Wexler)

Section IV. THE JUVENILE IN CONFINEMENT

12. House Arrest and Juvenile Justice (Richard A. Ball, C. Ronald Huff, and J. Robert Lilly)

13. Juvenile Detention Programming (David W. Roush)

14. Incarcerated Juvenile Offenders: Integrating Trauma-Oriented Treatment with State-of-the-Art Delinquency Interventions (Evvie Becker and Annette U. Rickel)

Section V. POLICY CONSIDERATIONS

15. Juvenile (In)Justice and the Criminal Court Alternative (Barry C. Feld)

16. The Need to Do Something (James C. Hackler)

17. Abolish the Juvenile Court? (Judge Lindsay G. Arthur)