Juvenile justice : a guide to theory, policy, and practice / Steven M. Cox, [and three others].
- Author:
- Cox, Steven M.
- Published:
- Los Angeles : SAGE, [2018]
- Edition:
- Ninth edition.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 473 pages ; 26 cm
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: What Would You Do? -- Juvenile Justice Historically -- Continuing Dilemmas in Juvenile Justice -- Rethinking Juvenile Justice -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Critical Thinking Questions -- Suggested Readings -- What Would You Do? -- Legal Definitions -- Changing Definitions -- Age Ambiguity -- Inaccurate Images of Offenders and Victims -- Behavioral Definitions -- Official Statistics: Sources and Problems -- Official Delinquency Statistics -- Official Statistics on Abuse and Neglect -- National Crime Victimization Survey -- Sources of Error in Official Statistics -- Unofficial Sources of Data -- Self-Report Studies -- Police Observational Studies -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Critical Thinking Questions -- Suggested Readings -- What Would You Do? -- Social Factors -- Family -- Education -- Social Class -- Gangs -- Drugs -- Physical Factors -- Age -- Gender -- Race -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Critical Thinking Questions -- Suggested Readings -- What Would You Do? -- Scientific Theory -- Some Early Theories -- Demonology -- Classical Theory -- Rational Choice Theory -- Deterrence Theory -- Routine Activities Theory -- The Positivist School -- Biological Theories -- Cesare Lombroso's "Born Criminal" Theory -- Other Biological Theories -- Biosocial/Neurological Theory -- Psychological Theories -- Sigmund Freud's Psychoanalytic Approach -- Psychopathology -- Behaviorism and Learning Theory -- Sociological Theories -- Anomie and Strain Theory -- Ecological/Social Disorganization Approach -- Edwin Sutherland's Differential Association Theory -- Labeling Theory -- Conflict, Radical, Critical, and Marxist Theories -- Feminism -- Control Theories -- Integrated Theories -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Critical Thinking Questions -- Suggested Readings -- What Would You Do? -- Child Maltreatment -- Physical Abuse -- Child Neglect -- Emotional Abuse of Children -- Sexual Abuse of Children -- Internet Exploitation -- Intervention -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Critical Thinking Questions -- Suggested Readings -- What Would You Do? -- Purpose -- Comparison of Adult Criminal Justice and Juvenile Justice Systems -- Protecting the Juvenile From Stigmatization -- Maintaining the Family Unit -- Preserving Constitutional Rights in Juvenile Court Proceedings -- Scope -- Age -- Delinquent Acts -- Unruly Children -- Deprived, Neglected, or Dependent Children -- Jurisdiction -- Concurrent, Exclusive, and Blended Jurisdiction -- Waiver -- Double Jeopardy -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Critical Thinking Questions -- Suggested Readings -- What Would You Do? -- Rights of Juveniles -- Bail -- Taking Into Custody -- Interrogation -- Detention Hearing -- Detention or Shelter Care -- Preliminary Conference -- Petition -- Notification -- Adjudicatory Hearing -- Social Background Investigation, Social Summary Report, Presentence Investigation, or Predisposition Investigation -- Dispositional Hearing -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Critical Thinking Questions -- Suggested Readings -- What Would You Do? -- Police Discretion in Encounters With Juveniles -- Unofficial Procedures -- Official Procedures -- Training and Competence of Juvenile Officers -- Police-School Resource Officer and Liaison Programs -- Community-Oriented Policing and Juveniles -- Police and Juvenile Court -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Critical Thinking Questions -- Suggested Readings -- What Would You Do? -- Prosecutor -- Defense Counsel -- Relationship Between the Prosecutor and Defense Counsel: Adversarial or Cooperative? -- Juvenile Court Judge -- Juvenile Probation Officer -- Children and Family Services Personnel -- Court-Appointed Special Advocates -- Training and Competence of Juvenile Court Personnel -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Critical Thinking Questions -- Suggested Readings -- What Would You Do? -- Prevention -- Diversion Programs -- Examples of Prevention and Diversion Programs -- School Programs -- Wilderness Programs -- Restorative Justice Programs -- Children and Family Services -- Federal Programs -- Other Diversion and Prevention Programs/Therapeutic Courts -- Some Criticisms -- Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Programs -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Critical Thinking Questions -- Suggested Readings -- What Would You Do? -- Probation -- Foster Homes -- Treatment Centers -- Juvenile Corrections -- Capital Punishment and Youthful Offenders -- Possible Solutions -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Critical Thinking Questions -- Suggested Readings -- What Would You Do? -- Violent Juveniles -- Juvenile Homicide and Juvenile Violence -- Gangs -- Brief History of Gangs -- Defining and Identifying Street Gangs -- Roles and Activities of Juvenile Versus Adult Gang Members -- Gang Affiliation and Identification Along Racial Lines -- Delinquent and Criminal Gang Activities -- Gang Membership -- Characteristics -- Age -- Gender -- Monikers -- Graffiti -- Jargon -- Recruitment -- Juvenile Girls and Gang Membership -- Response of Justice Network to Gangs -- Public, Legislative, and Judicial Reaction -- Alternatives to Incarceration for Violent Juveniles -- Establishing a Juvenile Gang Exit Program -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Critical Thinking Questions -- Suggested Readings -- What Would You Do? -- Problems With Delinquency in the Global Community -- Characteristics of Juvenile Delinquents Around the World -- Juveniles as Victims of Crime -- Juvenile Exploitation and Delinquency -- Juvenile Exploitation in Underdeveloped and War-Torn Areas -- Urbanization and Delinquency in Developed Countries -- Age of Responsibility -- Delinquency in Various World Regions -- Africa -- Asia -- Latin America -- Middle East -- Eastern Europe -- Juvenile Gangs Around the World -- Mexico and Central America -- Africa -- Asia -- Europe -- Australia -- International Approaches to Preventing Juvenile Gangs -- Human Trafficking and Youth Exploitation -- International Administration of Juvenile Justice -- International Standards and Documents -- Use of Restorative Justice With Young Offenders Around the World -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Critical Thinking Questions -- Suggested Readings -- What Would You Do? -- Possibilities for the Future of Juvenile Justice -- Barriers to Change in Juvenile Justice -- Possible Improvements to the Juvenile Justice System -- Key Terms -- Critical Thinking Questions -- Suggested Readings.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9781506349008 paperback alkaline paper
1506349005 paperback alkaline paper - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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