Juvenile justice : an introduction

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Title:

Juvenile justice : an introduction

Author:

Whitehead, John T.

ISBN:

9781593456139

Personal Author:

Whitehead, John T.

Edition:

6th ed.

Publication Information:

Newark, NJ : Lexis Nexis Matthew Bender, c2009.

Physical Description:

xv, 524 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

The definition and extent of delinquency -- The history of juvenile justice -- Explaining delinquency : biological and psychological approaches -- Sociological explanations for delinquency -- Gang delinquency -- Drugs and delinquency -- Policing and juveniles -- The juvenile court process -- Due process and juveniles -- Institutional/residential interventions -- Juvenile probation/community intervention -- Restorative justice -- The victimization of juveniles -- Future directions in juvenile justice.

Subject Term:

Juvenile delinquency.

Juvenile justice, Administration of.

Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States.

Added Author:

Lab, Steven P.

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Juvenile Justice: An Introduction provides comprehensive analysis of all aspects of the juvenile justice system, including history, movements toward diversion and deinstitutionalization, police interaction, court process, due process and community intervention. It also explores the theoretical rationales for the various interventions in order to make a complete evaluation of each effort. This book also examines subthemes of juvenile justice, such as female delinquency, gang delinquency, the use of the death penalty on youths, and finding the correct philosophical approach to juvenile justice. It concludes with a look to the future of the juvenile court, including the real possibility of abolition.