Description:Comprehensive and detailed, this book provides information on: the history of the United States' response to juvenile delinquency; the increasing seriousness of the problem; and the public policies available to deal with it. James C Howell cites the pressing need for a clearer understanding of the risk factors for youth violence. Long-term solutions such as the development of more effective prevention programmes, better-matched offender//treatment programmes, and a more cost effective juvenile justice system are also discussed. Extensive figures and tables are included.Juvenile reform movements --Landmark federal legislation --Who's to blame for violent crime? --Juvenile delinquency trends and juvenile justice system responses --Removing juveniles from the juvenile justice system --Youth gang homicides, drug trafficking, and program interventions --Risk factors for youth violence --The case for developmental criminology --A comprehensive strategy --Conclusion: return to rationality --Appendix: A comprehensive strategy for serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Juvenile Justice and Youth Violence. To get started finding Juvenile Justice and Youth Violence, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: Comprehensive and detailed, this book provides information on: the history of the United States' response to juvenile delinquency; the increasing seriousness of the problem; and the public policies available to deal with it. James C Howell cites the pressing need for a clearer understanding of the risk factors for youth violence. Long-term solutions such as the development of more effective prevention programmes, better-matched offender//treatment programmes, and a more cost effective juvenile justice system are also discussed. Extensive figures and tables are included.Juvenile reform movements --Landmark federal legislation --Who's to blame for violent crime? --Juvenile delinquency trends and juvenile justice system responses --Removing juveniles from the juvenile justice system --Youth gang homicides, drug trafficking, and program interventions --Risk factors for youth violence --The case for developmental criminology --A comprehensive strategy --Conclusion: return to rationality --Appendix: A comprehensive strategy for serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Juvenile Justice and Youth Violence. To get started finding Juvenile Justice and Youth Violence, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.