Juvenile Delinquency Into the Twenty-First Century

Name: Juvenile Delinquency Into the Twenty-First Century
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ISBN: 9780830414253

ISBN-10: 0830414258

ISBN-13: 9780830414253

Edition: 2000

Authors: Lewis Yablonsky

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This book provides a practical, solutions-focused approach to controlling and preventing juvenile delinquency and a systematic analysis of the juvenile delinquency problem in the United States. The case material furthers the students' understanding of delinquency problems through the author's analysis and the voices of youths who have found themselves adjudicated as delinquents. Also revealed is how the juvenile justice system has changed significantly over the past one hundred years, beginning with the modification of treating juveniles separately and differently from adult criminals at the beginning of the twentieth century. This book not only deals with the overall traditional juvenile…

Book details

List price: $228.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 11/16/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English




Characteristics of Juvenile Delinquency



The Nature and Extent of Delinquency



The Juvenile Court



Delinquent Personality Types



Social Class and Delinquency



The Juvenile in a Violent Society



Violence Against Children and Its Impact on Their Delinquent Behavior



Patterns of Delinquent Violence



The Gang Problem



The Contemporary Gang Problem



Theoretical Viewpoints on Gangs



Substance Abuse



Growing Up in a Substance-Abusing Society



Drugs Used, Their Impact, and Treatment Issues



The Causes of Crime and Delinquency



The Family and the Socialization Process



Early Theories of Crime and Delinquency Causation and Their Contemporary Development



Sociological Causation Theories



The Prevention, Treatment, and Control of Delinquency



Community Treatment Programs for Delinquents



Custodial Institutions for Delinquents



Treatment Methods and Strategies Utilized in Community Prevention Projects and Custodial Institutions



Therapeutic Communities: An Innovative Method for the Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency



The History, Methodology, and Development of Therapeutic Community Approach



The Therapeutic Community, the Experience Therapist, and Social Systems for Treating the Delinquency Problem


Appendix: Juvenile Delinquency Arrest Statistics, 1997


References


Subject Index