Full Description
Examine the factors that contribute to increasingly violent youth crimes in the United States!
Kids Who Commit Adult Crimes: Serious Criminality by Juvenile Offenders is an examination of today's serious, chronic, and violent youthful offender. This vital book explores the relationship between youth and serious, violent antisocial behavior in America, examining its antecedents, its onset, and its situational and motivating factors.
From the Editor's introduction: "The increasingly serious nature of juvenile criminal behavior has been felt across the country as youth violence, violent youth gangs, drug-related offenses, and other delinquent and criminal conduct has changed the way we regard minors and delinquent behavior. Recent times have seen an explosion in school tragedies, juvenile homicides, teen battering, date rape, youth family violence, teenage alcohol and drug abuse, and related youthful offenses."
Kids Who Commit Adult Crimes, divided into four parts, takes an incisive look at these issues and more:
Part I explores serious juvenile crime, including its magnitude; youth violence; kids, drugs, and crime; school crime and violence; youth gangs and criminality; dating violence; and family violence.
Part II examines explanations of juvenile delinquency and criminal behavior from biological, psychological, and sociological perspectives.
Part III addresses juvenile crime and the justice system, including the police and juvenile offenders, youths and the juvenile and adult courts, and juvenile offenders in custody and confinement.
Part IV examines responses to the problem of serious and violent juvenile offending and its precursors, including federal laws and prevention, intervention, and control strategies.
Kids Who Commit Adult Crimes goes farther in its examination of youth who commit adult-like violence than other books in the field, with chapters on dating violence and family violence, in addition to school and gang violence, substance abuse issues, and more.
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Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Exploring Juvenile Crime
Chapter 1. The Magnitude of Juvenile Crime
Defining Juvenile Crime and Delinquency
The Nature of Juvenile Offenses
Measuring the Extent of Juvenile Crime
Official Arrest Statistics
Victimization Surveys
Self-Report Surveys
Chapter 2. Youth and Violence
Trends in Juvenile Arrests for Crimes of Violence
Firearms and Youth Violence
The Dynamics of Violent Juvenile Offending
Characteristics of Violent Juveniles
Victims of Juvenile Violence
Theories on Violent Juvenile Offending
Chapter 3. Kids, Drugs, and Crime
Juveniles and Drug Use
Juveniles and Alcohol Use
Juvenile Substance Abuse and Other Delinquent Behavior
Chapter 4. School Crime and Violence
Shootings and Fatalities at Schools
The Extent of School Crime
Dynamics of School Crime
Chapter 5. Youth Gangs,Criminality, and Violence
What Is a Youth Gang?
The Extent of Youth Gangs and Their Membership
Characteristics of Youth Gang Members
Youth Gangs, Crime, and Violence
Youth Gang Theories
Chapter 6. Dating Violence
The Dynamics of Dating Violence
The Characteristics of Teen Dating Violence
Teen Date Rape
What Causes Dating Violence?
Chapter 7. Family Violence
Dynamics of Family Violence
Kids and Domestic Homicides
Sibling Violence
Parent Battering
Grandparent Battering
Causes of Family Violence
Part II: Explaining Juvenile Crime
Chapter 8. Biological Perspectives on Delinquent Behavior
Early Biological Theories on Delinquency
Contemporary Biological Research on Delinquency
Chapter 9. Psychological Perspectives on Delinquency
Psychoanalytic Theories and Delinquency
Personality Disorder Theories and Delinquency
Psychiatric Theories and Concepts of Delinquency
Chapter 10. Sociological Perspectives on Delinquent Behavior
Social Control Theories and Delinquency
Strain Theories and Delinquency
Cultural Transmission Theories and Delinquency
Radical Criminological Theories and Delinquency
Chapter 11. Intrafamilial Causes and Correlates of Juvenile Delinquency
Child Maltreatment and Delinquency
Intergenerational Violence, Child Abuse, and Delinquency
Broken Homes and Delinquent Behavior
Familial Factors and Delinquency
Part III: Juvenile Crime and the Justice System
Chapter 12. The Police and Juvenile Criminals
Police and Juvenile Arrests
Police Contact with the Juvenile Offender
Police Discretion and the Juvenile Offender
Youth Attitudes Toward Police
Chapter 13. Juvenile Offenders and the Juvenile and Adult Courts
The Origins of the Juvenile Justice System
U.S. Supreme Court Cases and Juvenile Justice
The Juvenile Court and Serious Juvenile Offenders
The Criminal Court and Serious Juvenile Offenders
Chapter 14. Juveniles in Custody and Confinement
Juvenile Offenders in Adult Correctional Facilities
Juvenile Offenders in Juvenile Custody Facilities
Minority Youths in Custody
Modes of Adaptation to the Institutional Setting for the Juvenile Offender
Youth Offending in Juvenile Correctional Institutions
Aftercare and the Serious Juvenile Offender
Part IV: Responding to Juvenile Delinquency and Criminality
Chapter 15. Prevention and Control of Juvenile Crime
Federal Responses to Juvenile Crime and Delinquency Prevention
Child Protective Services
Delinquency Prevention and Control Strategies
References
Index
