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Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice

Marilyn D. McShane University of Houston, Texas
Frank P Williams III Professor Emeritus in Social Work, California State University, San Bernardino
Prairie View A&M University, Texas
© 2002   448 pages   SAGE Publications, Inc   
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Hardcover ISBN: 9780761923589 $195.00
  • Exhaustive but approachable and jargon-free survey of all issues surrounding juvenile delinquency, crimes, prevention, punishment, and rehabilitation.
  • Entries written by a star collection of academic theorists and real-world practitioners.
  • Entries cover society’s response to the terrible problem of juvenile justice, from boot camps and "scared straight" programs to DARE, family therapy, group homes, police responses, curfews, and the identification of "at risk" youth.
  • Complete historical and contemporary survey of the complicated juvenile legal and court system, including the history of juvenile courts, their current status, drug courts, and teen courts.
  • Exhaustive treatment of the punishments meted out by society to America’s juvenile offenders: detention jails and prisons (adult and juvenile), reformatories, probation, out-of-home placement, and even the death penalty.
  • Society’s attempts at juvenile rehabilitation: restorative justice programs, training schools, mentoring programs, and surveys of well-known organizations dedicated to helping at-risk youth such as Boys Town and the Boys and Girls’ Clubs.
  • Treatment of relevant legislation: California Street Terror Act, Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, parental responsibilities law, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
  • Lengthy entries on child and adolescent crimes and pathologies and problems: alcohol abuse, arson, computer and Internet crime, youth gangs, drug abuse, juvenile gun violence, matricide/patricide, school violence, violent juvenile crime, sex offenders, truancy, and grafitti.
  • Problems of youth: child sexual abuse, teen pregnancy, prostitution, runaways, and victimization of juveniles.
  • Theoretical topics on psychological, biological, and sociological theories of delinquency, as well as historic "body type" theories.
  • Entries on historical topics in juvenile justice such as the deinstitutionalization movement, the Chicago Area Project, and the Provo Experiment. Numerous entries on historic theorists and policymakers in juvenile justice.
  • Illustrations of historical institutions and prominent figures and current problems in juvenile justice.
  • A special appendix on print and electronic resources on juvenile justice.
  • Extensive and comprehensive indexing, including a reader’s guide designed to facilitate browsing and easy access to information.

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