Actions for The juvenile justice system : delinquency, processing, and the law
The juvenile justice system : delinquency, processing, and the law / Dean John Champion
- Author
- Champion, Dean J.
- Published
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [2010]
- Copyright Date
- ©2010
- Edition
- 6th ed.
- Physical Description
- xix, 483 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Contents
- Preface -- 1. An overview of juvenile justice in the United States -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- The juvenile justice system -- Who are juvenile offenders? -- Parens patriae -- Modern interpretations of parens patriae -- Juvenile delinquents and delinquency -- Status offenders -- The deinstitutionalization of status offenses (DSO) -- Some important distinctions between juvenile and criminal courts -- An overview of the juvenile justice system -- Adjudicatory proceedings -- Juvenile dispositions -- Juvenile corrections -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Internet connections -- 2. The history of juvenile justice and origins of the juvenile court -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- The history of juvenile courts -- Measuring juvenile delinquency : the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) -- Other sources -- Violence and nonviolence : career escalation? -- Female versus male delinquency : cataloging the differences -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Internet connections -- 3. Theories of delinquency and intervention programs -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Classical and biological theories -- Psychological theories -- Sociological theories -- Extraneous factors -- An evaluation of explanations of delinquent conduct -- Models for dealing with juvenile offenders -- Delinquency prevention programs and community interventions -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Internet connections -- 4. The legal rights of juveniles -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Original juvenile court jurisdiction : parens patriae -- Landmark cases in juvenile justice -- Implications of more constitutional rights for juveniles -- The death penalty for juveniles -- U.S. Supreme Court death penalty cases -- Public sentiment about the death penalty for juveniles -- Unification of criminal and juvenile courts -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Internet connections -- 5. Juveniles and the police -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Police discretion : use and abuse -- Arrests of juveniles -- Status offenders and juvenile delinquents -- Divestiture and its implications : net-widening -- Redefining delinquency -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Internet connections -- 6. Intake and preadjudicatory processing -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- What is intake? -- Intake proceedings : where do we go from here? -- Legal factors : crime seriousness, type of crime committed, evidence, and prior record -- Extralegal factors : age, gender, race/ethnicity, and SES of juvenile offenders -- Preliminary decision making : diversion and other options -- Assessment of guardianship -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Internet connections -- and 7. Prosecutorial decision making in juvenile justice -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- The changing prosecutorial role in juvenile matters -- Public defenders for juveniles -- The speedy trial rights of juveniles -- The advocacy role of defense attorneys -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Internet connections -- 8. Classification and preliminary treatment : waivers and other alternatives -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Seriousness of the offense and waiver decision making -- Types of waivers -- Waiver and reverse waiver hearings -- Implications of waiver hearings for juveniles -- Defense and prosecutorial considerations relating to waivers -- Blended sentencing statutes -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Internet connections -- 9. The adjudicatory process : dispositional alternatives -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- The nature of the offense -- First-offender or repeat-offender? -- Aggravating and mitigating circumstances -- Juvenile risk assessments and predictions of dangerousness -- Predisposition reports -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Internet connections -- 10. Nominal sanctions : warnings, diversion, and alternative dispute resolution -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Nominal dispositions defined -- Diversion -- Diversion programs for juveniles -- Implications of diversion programs for juveniles -- Teen courts -- Day reporting centers -- Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Internet connections -- 11. Juvenile probation and community-based corrections -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Standard probation for juveniles -- The successfulness of standard juvenile probation -- Intermediate punishments for juvenile offenders -- Juvenile intensive supervised probation (JISP) -- Strengths and weaknesses of JISP programs -- Case supervision planning -- Community-based alternatives -- Electronic monitoring (EM) -- Home confinement or house arrest -- Other ISP program conditions -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Internet connections -- 12. Juvenile corrections : custodial sanctions and parole -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Goals of juvenile corrections -- Current juvenile custodial alternatives -- Persistent problems of nonsecure and secure confinement -- Juvenile parole -- Recidivism and parole revocation -- Examples of probation and parole revocation for juveniles -- Selected issues in juvenile corrections -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Internet connections -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Case index -- Name index -- Subject index.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780135008058 (hbk.)
0135008050 (hbk.) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-467) and indexes.
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