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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Juvenile Crime in Society and in Schools | |
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| Public Views of Juvenile Crime | |
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| Some Historical Perspective | |
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| Measures of Crime | |
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| Police Measures of Juvenile Crime | |
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| Juvenile Court Cases | |
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| Self-Report Measures | |
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| Victimization Surveys | |
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| Measuring School Crime | |
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| Measures of School Crime and Safety | |
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| Victimization Reports | |
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| The Effects of School Crime and Violence | |
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| International Measures of School Crime and Violence | |
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| Summary | |
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| Justice for Juveniles | |
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| Historical Overview of Juvenile Justice | |
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| Juvenile Justice in America | |
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| The "Child-Saving" Movement | |
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| The First Juvenile Court | |
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| Comparison of Juvenile and Criminal Court | |
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| Legal and Procedural Distinctions: Juvenile Versus Criminal Justice | |
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| Challenges and Changes in Juvenile Justice | |
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| U.S. Supreme Court Decisions | |
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| Federal and State Legislative Changes | |
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| Current Juvenile Justice Trends and Reforms | |
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| Summary | |
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| Explaining Delinquency and School Crime | |
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| Why Study Theories of Crime and Delinquency? | |
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| Types of Crime Theories | |
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| Individual Explanations for Delinquency | |
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| Social Structure Theory | |
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| Social Process Explanations | |
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| Developmental and Life-Course Theories | |
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| General and Integrated Theories | |
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| Social Reaction Theories: Labeling and Conflict | |
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| Female Delinquency | |
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| Applying Theories to School Crime and Justice | |
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| Summary | |
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| Family, Peers, Gangs, and Delinquency | |
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| The Family | |
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| Changes in Family and Parental Roles | |
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| The Family and Delinquency | |
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| Do Parents Cause Delinquency? | |
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| Child Abuse and Neglect | |
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| Parents, School Problems, and Delinquency | |
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| Peer Relationships and Delinquency | |
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| Gangs and Delinquency | |
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| Drugs and Delinquency | |
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| Summary | |
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| Dropout and Delinquency | |
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| Perspectives on Truancy and Dropout | |
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| Defining and Measuring Dropout | |
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| The Extent of Absenteeism and Dropout | |
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| Factors Associated with Dropping Out | |
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| Consequences of Dropping Out | |
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| Truancy, Dropout, and Delinquency | |
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| Policy Implications of Delinquency and Dropout | |
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| Truancy and Dropout-Prevention Programs | |
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| Summary | |
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| School Environment, Crime, and School Safety | |
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| School Crime: Community Problem or School Problem? | |
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| The Challenges Faced by Schools | |
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| School Tracking and Delinquency | |
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| School Funding and Educational Inequality | |
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| School Reform and At-Risk Students | |
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| School Programs and Teaching Strategies | |
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| The Role of Parents in School Achievement | |
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| Do Schools Cause Failure-and Delinquency? | |
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| School Climate and Disorder | |
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| Policy Implications for School Crime Prevention | |
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| Summary | |
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| Explaining and Responding to School Violence | |
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| Explaining and Predicting School Violence | |
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| Identifying Youth at Risk of School Violence | |
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| Criminal Profiling | |
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| Warning Signs | |
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| Threat Assessment | |
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| The Reliability and Validity of Profiles and Warning Signs | |
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| A Theory of School Shootings | |
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| Preventing School Violence | |
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| Summary | |
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| School Law and Students' Rights | |
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| Students' Rights in School | |
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| School Records and Privacy | |
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| Freedom of Speech and Expression | |
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| Constitutional Due Process | |
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| Suspension and Expulsion | |
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| Corporal Punishment | |
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| Search and Seizure | |
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| Rulings on Types of School Searches | |
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| The Exclusionary Rule and School Searches | |
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| Court Decisions on the Exclusionary Rule in Schools | |
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| Safe Schools: Required by Law? | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Police and Juvenile Crime | |
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| Police Roles and Responsibilities | |
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| Police Officers in Schools | |
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| Police and Juvenile Offenders | |
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| Police Decisions and Use of Discretion | |
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| Police Diversion and Status Offenders | |
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| Alternatives to Police Arrest and Custody | |
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| Police and Juveniles' Legal Rights | |
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| Are SROs School Officials or Police Officials? | |
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| Fingerprinting, Photographing, and Records | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Juvenile Court | |
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| History and Development of the Juvenile Court | |
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| Juvenile Court Procedures | |
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| Juvenile Transfers to Adult Court | |
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| Are Juveniles Different from Adults? | |
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| Do Juvenile Transfers Make a Difference? | |
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| "Blended Sentencing": An Alternative to Transfers | |
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| Juvenile Records | |
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| The End of the "Ultimate Punishment" for Juveniles | |
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| Juvenile Court Trends and Reforms | |
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| Summary | |
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| Juvenile Corrections | |
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| Residential Programs and Institutional Corrections | |
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| History and Development of Juvenile Corrections | |
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| Detention Centers | |
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| Correctional Institutions for Juveniles | |
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| Other Community Programs | |
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| Boot Camps | |
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| Wilderness Camps | |
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| Disproportionate Minority Confinement | |
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| From Deinstitutionalization to "Get-Tough" Policies | |
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| Juvenile Probation and Community Corrections | |
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| Intermediate Sanctions in Juvenile Corrections | |
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| Reexamining Community Corrections Models | |
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| Effectiveness of Juvenile Corrections | |
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| Limitations of Juvenile Corrections for Delinquency Prevention | |
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| Juvenile Corrections and Schools | |
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| Summary | |
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| School-Based Programs for Delinquency Prevention | |
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| Crime Control Versus Crime Prevention | |
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| Defining Crime Prevention | |
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| Theoretical Bases for School-Based Delinquency Prevention | |
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| Some Directions for School Crime Prevention | |
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| Federal Government Role in Delinquency Prevention | |
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| School-Based Prevention: Some Model Programs | |
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| Recommendations for Educators, Justice Officials, and Policymakers | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Author Index | |
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| Subject Index | |