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| Preface | |
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| Juvenile Justice: Myths and Realities | |
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| Summary | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Data Sources | |
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| Understanding the Contours of Juvenile Crime | |
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| Juvenile Court Statistics | |
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| Juveniles Taken Into Custody | |
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| Self-Reported Delinquency Surveys | |
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| Qualitative Data Sources | |
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| Summary | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| The Historical Legacy of Juvenile Justice | |
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| The House of Refuge (1825-1860) | |
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| The Growth of Institutionalization and the Child Savers (1850-1890) | |
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| Juvenile Delinquency and the Progressive Era | |
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| The Child Guidance Clinic Movement | |
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| The Chicago Area Project | |
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| The Mobilization for Youth | |
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| Institutional Change and Community-Based Corrections | |
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| Changes in Juvenile Court Law | |
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| The Emergence of a Conservative Agenda for Juvenile Justice | |
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| Summary | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| The Current Juvenile Justice System | |
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| The Flow of Cases Through the Juvenile Justice System | |
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| Summary | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Juvenile Justice and the American Dilemma | |
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| Disproportionate Minority Representation and the Juvenile Justice Process | |
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| Youths of Color in Confinement: The National Picture and State Differences | |
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| Youths in Prison | |
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| Beyond Black and White | |
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| Donde Esta la Justicia? | |
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| Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: The Burden of Invisibility | |
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| Native American Youths: Outsiders in Their Own Land | |
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| In Search of Answers | |
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| Summary | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Young Women and the Juvenile Justice System | |
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| Gender-Specific Juvenile Justice Services | |
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| What Works for At-Risk Young Women | |
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| Other Promising Gender-Specific Approaches | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Summary | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Is There a Science of Prevention? | |
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| The Politics of Prevention | |
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| Building a Foundation for Prevention Programming | |
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| Implementing Effective Community Prevention Models | |
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| Interrupting the Cycle of Violence | |
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| The Cost-Effectiveness of Prevention | |
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| Is There a Science of Prevention? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| What Works in Juvenile Justice | |
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| Summaries of Program Evaluations and Meta-Analyses | |
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| A Graduated System of Sanctions and Interventions | |
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| Summary | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| The Gang Busters: Does Getting Tough Reduce Youth Crime? | |
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| The Gang Busters | |
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| The Impact of Juvenile Corrections | |
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| The Boot Camp Frenzy | |
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| Transferring Juveniles to the Criminal Justice System | |
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| Summary | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Redeeming Our Children | |
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| Evolving Standards of Juvenile Justice | |
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| Contemporary Standards of Juvenile Justice | |
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| Seeking Balance and Restorative Justice | |
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| The Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders | |
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| Our Children and Other People's Children | |
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| Summary | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |