Changing Lives Delinquency Prevention As Crime-Control Policy

Name: Changing Lives Delinquency Prevention As Crime-Control Policy
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ISBN: 9780226307190

ISBN-10: 0226307190

ISBN-13: 9780226307190

Edition: 2005

Authors: Peter W. Greenwood, Franklin E. Zimring

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One of the most astonishing aspects of juvenile crime is how little is known about the impact of the policies and programs put in place to fight it. The most commonly used strategies and programs for combating juvenile delinquency problems primarily rely on intuition and fads. Fortunately, as a result of the promising new research documented in "Changing Lives, these deficiencies in our juvenile justice system might quickly be remedied. Peter W. Greenwood here demonstrates here that as crimes rates have fallen, researchers have identified more connections between specific risk factors and criminal behavior, while program developers have discovered a wide array of innovative interventions.…

Book details

List price: $46.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/15/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 200
Size: 7.13" wide x 9.17" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Foreword


Acknowledgments



The Nature and Effectiveness of Crime Prevention



Delinquency Prevention as Crime Control



The Evolution of an Idea



Strategies for Measuring Program Impact



What Works



What Doesn't Work



Prevention and Policy



The Uses and Limits of Cost Effectiveness in Allocating Crime-Prevention Resources



Politics, Government, and Prevention



Programming in the Modern Juvenile Court


References


Index