Richard A Lawrence, Mario L Hesse

Juvenile Justice

The Essentials

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This textbook presents an overview of the major subject areas in juvenile justice, with some of the latest research available from books, journal articles, and government documents. It includes special features that engage the reader in thinking critically about the subjects, with practical examples of justice in action, laws, policies, and programs in juvenile justice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 183mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781412970129
• ISBN-10: 1412970121
• Artikelnr.: 26257906

Autorenporträt

Richard Lawrence is Professor of Criminal Justice at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. He earned a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University, M.A. in Psychology at St. Mary's University, San Antonio, TX and a B.A. in Psychology at Bethel University, St. Paul, MN. He has published two books on school crime and juvenile justice and is the author of more than forty articles and chapters published in academic journals and books, including Juvenile Justice: A Text/Reader, just published by SAGE.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
About the Authors
1. Defining and Measuring Juvenile Delinquency
2. The History of Juvenile Justice
3. Causes of Delinquency: Rational Choice and Individual Explanations
4. Sociological Explanations of Delinquency
5. Correlates and Causes of Delinquency
6. Police and Juveniles
7. Due Process and Juveniles¿ Rights
8. Juvenile Detention and Court Intake
9. Transfer to Criminal Court
10. The Juvenile Court Process
11. Juvenile Corrections: Institutional and Residential
12. Juvenile Probation and Community Corrections
13. Restorative Justice
14. The Future of Juvenile Justice
References
Index