Juvenile Justice System Delinquency, Processing and the Law

Name: Juvenile Justice System Delinquency, Processing and the Law
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ISBN: 9780023206153

ISBN-10: 0023206152

ISBN-13: 9780023206153

Edition: N/A

Authors: Dean J. Champion

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The new edition of this text draws on the most current cases and literature in explicating the juvenile justice system. Representative topics include: alternative philosophies for managing juvenile offenders, types of offenders and trends, female versus male delinquency, juveniles and the police, classification and preliminary treatment, prosecutorial decision making in juvenile justice, dispositional alternatives, corrections, probation, and community-based alternatives. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book details

List price: $78.00
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 640
Weight: 2.090
Language: English



Clear description of juvenile justice processing through arrest, intake, adjudication, and disposition


Examination of the many dimensions of police-juvenile relations


Description of classification systems for juveniles, including state-based risk assessment inventories


Discussion of the jail removal initiative and deinstitutionalization of status offenses


Comprehensive discussion of intermediate punishments for juveniles, including home confinement, electronic monitoring, and other community corrections alternatives


Extensive review of the juvenile probation and parole revocation process


Detailed portrayal of the latest blended sentencing statutes applicable to violent juveniles


Full complement of ancillaries, including instructor's manual, test bank, comprehensive glossary, up-to-date bibliography, discussion questions at chapter ends, and suggested readings