Juvenile Delinquency & Juvenile JusticeA core textbook for courses in juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice bringing together theories of delinquency and a clear description of how young offenders are processed through a complex, dynamic legal system. Offering balanced coverage of fundamentals, theory, correlates forms of misconduct and the juvenile justice system, the book also provides chapters which focus on a delinquent's return to the community and reintegration. Each chapter follows a five-point plan: introduction; perspectives (historical, legal and theoretical underpinnings of topic discussed); issues (principle points of controversy); new horizons (possible actions for coping with the problems and their complexities); epilogue (summaries and concluding comments). The overall format helps the reader to build bridges from the past through the present to the future and from concept through theory to application. |
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... percent of all Americans will marry ; ( 2 ) 38 percent of these first marriages will end in divorce ; but ( 3 ) , of those , 79 percent will remarry ; and ( 4 ) 44 percent of those will divorce again . Such statistics have more than one ...
... percent of all Americans will marry ; ( 2 ) 38 percent of these first marriages will end in divorce ; but ( 3 ) , of those , 79 percent will remarry ; and ( 4 ) 44 percent of those will divorce again . Such statistics have more than one ...
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... percent ) , female ( 58 percent ) , and white ( 70 ) percent ) . Forty percent are school dropouts , many of whom can barely read , and 60 percent had no official juvenile records before running away . 35 Authorities assert that an ...
... percent ) , female ( 58 percent ) , and white ( 70 ) percent ) . Forty percent are school dropouts , many of whom can barely read , and 60 percent had no official juvenile records before running away . 35 Authorities assert that an ...
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... percentages of those with serious delinquency and those with emotional difficulties to be very similar ( 9 to 10 percent ) , whereas the percentage of multiple illicit drug users was smaller ( 3.4 percent ) . However , five years later ...
... percentages of those with serious delinquency and those with emotional difficulties to be very similar ( 9 to 10 percent ) , whereas the percentage of multiple illicit drug users was smaller ( 3.4 percent ) . However , five years later ...
Contents
The Perspectives furnish relevant historical legal andor theoretical | 2 |
Social Myths about Delinquency | 3 |
Children Adolescents and Childrens Rights | 15 |
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