Preston Elrod, R Scott Ryder

Juvenile Justice: A Social, Historical, and Legal Perspective

A Social, Historical, and Legal Perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

"Juvenile Justice is an introductory textbook for a predominantly one-semester course of the same name within criminal justice or sociology programs. It is a 14-chapter, softcover, 4-color textbook covering a broad range of topics, including the administration of juvenile justice, the theories about, and references to scholarly literature and studi

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
• 5th edition
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 274mm x 216mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9781284172898
• ISBN-10: 1284172899
• Artikelnr.: 56790132

Autorenporträt

Preston Elrod received his BA in History from Presbyterian College and his MA (Honors) and PhD in Sociology from Western Michigan University. He has taught at Texas Christian University and University of North Carolina -Charlotte. He currently serves as Professor and Division Chair, Undergraduate Studies, in the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University, where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on juvenile justice, and undergraduate courses on criminological theory. Among his published works are studies on citizens' attitudes toward the death penalty, juvenile justice policy development, public attitudes toward electronic monitoring, the effectiveness of interventions for juvenile probationers, and the experiences of adolescent jail inmates. He is former co-director of a model school-based delinquency reduction program, and he has worked in juvenile justice as a court intake officer and as the supervisor of a juvenile probation department. He served as the first chairperson of the Madison County Delinquency Prevention Council, and he continues to be actively involved in a variety of community activities designed to assist at-risk youths and their families. When not at work, he likes spending time with his family, and he enjoys a variety of outdoor activities.