Juvenile Justice
Theory, Systems, and Organization
Published on 6. July 2004
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-0-13-907445-5 (ISBN)
Description
For undergraduate courses in Juvenile Justice and Juvenile Justice Administration.
This text integrates criminological theory, organizational theory and management theory to present a comprehensive introduction to the juvenile justice system and how it interfaces with other institutions in the community. By examining the system in this manner, the text demonstrates how the system sometimes fails to serve youth in need, and presents a framework for working within the system to more effectively serve youth and the community.
This text integrates criminological theory, organizational theory and management theory to present a comprehensive introduction to the juvenile justice system and how it interfaces with other institutions in the community. By examining the system in this manner, the text demonstrates how the system sometimes fails to serve youth in need, and presents a framework for working within the system to more effectively serve youth and the community.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
748 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-907445-5 (9780139074455)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
I. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
1. Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System.
2. Theoretical Explanations of Delinquency.
3. The External Environment.
4. Gangs.
II. THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
5. Police and the Juvenile Offender.
6. The Courts and Juvenile Justice.
7. Diversion.
8. Community-Based Sanctions and Juvenile Institutions.
III. MANAGING PROCESSES IN JUVENILE JUSTICE.
9. Goals and Effectiveness of the Juvenile Justice System.
10. Organization, Bureaucracy, and Systems.
11. Decision Making.
12. Inter-Group Relations and Conflict.
IV. INTEGRATING THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
13. Power and Politics in Juvenile Justice.
14. The Executives.
15. Juvenile Justice: An Overview and Assessment.
Subject Index.
Author Index.
1. Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System.
2. Theoretical Explanations of Delinquency.
3. The External Environment.
4. Gangs.
II. THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
5. Police and the Juvenile Offender.
6. The Courts and Juvenile Justice.
7. Diversion.
8. Community-Based Sanctions and Juvenile Institutions.
III. MANAGING PROCESSES IN JUVENILE JUSTICE.
9. Goals and Effectiveness of the Juvenile Justice System.
10. Organization, Bureaucracy, and Systems.
11. Decision Making.
12. Inter-Group Relations and Conflict.
IV. INTEGRATING THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
13. Power and Politics in Juvenile Justice.
14. The Executives.
15. Juvenile Justice: An Overview and Assessment.
Subject Index.
Author Index.