Full Description
This remarkably successful book is the most comprehensive and accessible examination available of the various methods for the prevention and control of juvenile delinquency. Now in its third edition, this popular work has been thoroughly updated to cover all major recent trends in the field. It includes an analysis of the neighborhood and individual-level origins of juvenile delinquency and contains new chapters on DARE programs for children and adolescents and boot
camps for juvenile offenders. Other chapters have been substantially updated, including the chapter on diversion, which now covers the serious problem of minority overrepresentation in the juvenile
justice system.Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency pays particular attention to the important projects that have fundamentally shaped the thoughts and actions of persons concerned with youth crime. The third edition contains recent extensions and replications of previously examined projects and sensitizes students to the conditions that must be met to determine whether or not a project has accomplished its goal. The author offers a rigorous and logical
justification of his recommendations for the future, linking what has been done in the past with what should be done in the future, especially his provocative argument in favor of doing less rather than more to juveniles
in trouble with the law.Careful scholarship, exceptional writing, and over 100 illustrations, tables, and boxes make this book essential for a wide range of courses in sociology, criminology, criminal justice, public policy, administration of justice, social work, psychology, and law enforcement. Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency now offers students an even more detailed understanding of this important topic.
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Juvenile Delinquency
Part One: Predelinquent Intervention
Chapter 2: Indiviual Treatment
Chapter 3: DARE
Chapter 4: Area Projects
Part Two: Preadjudication Intervention
Chapter 5: Diversion
Part Three: Postadjudication Intervention
Chapter 6: Probation and Parole
Chapter 7: Scared Straight
Chapter 8: Community Treatment
Chapter 9: Boots Camps for Juvenile Offenders
Chapter 10: Institutionalization
Part Four: Conclusion
Chapter 11: Recommendations for the Future
Index
