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_aJuvenile crime and justice / _cgeneral editor, William J. Chambliss. |
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_aThousand Oaks, CA : _bSAGE, _cc2011. |
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_axv, 336 p. ; _c24 cm. |
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| 490 | 1 | _aKey issues in crime and punishment ; [v.5] | |
| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 500 | _aPresents arguments both in favor of and opposed to various treatments, programs, and punishments, examining issues such as youth curfews, juveniles in adult courts, legal representation for juveniles, juvenile boot camps, group homes, and out-of-home placement. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aIntroduction: Juvenile crime and justice / William J. Chambliss -- 1. Age of responsibility -- Legal regulation of childhood and adolescence -- History of criminal responsibility -- Human rights and the age of responsibility -- Most violated treaty -- Pro: supporting minimum age of criminal responsibility -- Circumventing the Juvenile Justice System -- Moral and cognitive reasoning -- Actual juvenile crime rates -- Con: opposing minimum age of criminal responsibility -- Excuse of full responsibility -- Fallout from the era of the "child savers" -- Essential to intervene -- Developing guidelines for age limits -- 2. Alternative schools -- The history of alternative schools -- The 1960s and 1970s -- The 1990s: rising worries of violence -- 2000s: no child left behind -- Selecting students for alternative schools -- Types of alternative schools -- Continuation high schools and private examples -- Characteristics of alternative schools -- Pro: arguments in support of alternative schools -- Con: arguments in opposition to alternative schools -- Do alternative schools work? -- Methodological problems in the research -- Public opinion -- | |
| 505 | 0 | _a3. At-risk youth -- Defining the at-risk youth -- Predisposing factors -- Demographic factors -- Personality traits -- Familial contexts -- Social context -- Influence of violence and conflicting standards in society -- Identifying the at-risk youth -- Problems at school and home -- Behavioral and social indications -- labeling the at-risk youth -- Prevalence -- High school dropouts -- Sexual promiscuity and unprotected sexual intercourse -- Crime and delinquency -- Drug and alcohol use and abuse -- Obesity and other health-related risks -- Other high-risk behaviors -- Prevention and intervention strategies -- Pro: benefits of prevention strategies -- Con: drawbacks of prevention strategies -- 4. Boot camps -- History of boot camps -- A cottage industry -- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency prevention study -- National Institute of Justice analysis -- Recent trends -- Backlash at boot camps -- A cottage industry -- Pro: advantages of juvenile boot camps -- Completion rates -- Competency development-educational outcomes -- Cost savings compared to incarceration -- Youth and public perceptions -- Con: disadvantages of juvenile boot camps -- Flawed theory of change -- Allegations of abuse and neglect -- Inconsistent program implementation -- Higher overall costs -- Recidivism rates -- | |
| 505 | 0 | _a5. Curfews -- History of curfews -- 1980s: spike in violence -- Legality of curfews -- Pro: arguments in support of juvenile curfews -- Con: arguments in opposition to juvenile curfews -- Juvenile crime rates and types -- Flawed data -- 6. Death penalty for juvenile offenders -- Death penalty implementation: legal principles -- Evolving standards of decency -- Application of principles for juveniles -- Thompson v. Oklahoma -- Stanford v. Kentucky -- Roper v. Simmons -- Pro: support for death penalty for juveniles -- Justice and maturity of judgement -- Miscarriage of justice -- Con: opposition to death penalty for juveniles -- Lack of a deterrent effect -- Juvenile impulsivity -- Temporary lack of judgement -- | |
| 505 | 0 | _a7. Group homes -- History of group homes for delinquent youths -- Who goes to group homes? -- Contagion effect -- Recent trends -- Positive peer culture program -- Pro: benefits of group homes for delinquent youths -- Home-like environment helps youths transition -- Less restrictive than other secure placement options -- Less expensive than other secure placement options -- Con: drawbacks of group homes for delinquent youths -- Mismatched system -- Influence of housemate peers versus positive support -- Other more cost-effective alternatives -- Resistance from local community -- 8. Juvenile detention facilities -- Overview of juvenile detention: a place and a process -- Legal criteria by state -- History of juvenile detention -- Profile of detained youths -- Alternatives to secure juvenile detention -- Planning for change -- Pro: benefits of juvenile detention facilities -- Con: drawbacks of juvenile detention facilities -- Denial of services -- | |
| 505 | 0 | _a9. Juvenile gangs and delinquency -- Defining juvenile gangs -- Juvenile gang members and their lives -- research on gangs across America -- Gang locations -- Gang delinquency -- Responses to gangs -- Police suppression techniques -- Prosecutional and legislative suppression techniques -- Civil gang injunctions -- Gang interventions -- Gang prevention -- Pro: benefits of gang prevention techniques -- Prosecutional and legislative suppression techniques -- Gang prevention -- Con: drawbacks of gang prevention techniques -- Controversies surrounding suppression techniques -- Civil injunctions -- Gang interventions --10. Juvenile offenders in adult courts -- Differentiating juvenile and adult justice -- Mechanisms of transfer -- Statutory or legislative exclusion -- Who reaches Adult Court? -- Transfer biases -- What happens to these transferred youths? -- Pro: arguments in support of juveniles in Adult Court -- Types of offender and transfer mechanisms -- Con: arguments against juveniles in Adult Court -- Modern advances in adolescent research -- Adult Court outcomes for youth -- | |
| 505 | 0 | _a11. Juveniles in adult correctional facilities -- Methods for transferring to the adult system -- The Supreme Court: how harsh of a sentence? -- Glimpse at daily life -- Profile of juveniles in adult correctional facilities -- Pro: support for juvenile transfer to adult facilities -- Deterrent effect -- Con: opposition to juvenile transfer to adult facilities -- Well-being and victimization -- Lack of programs and mismatch of supervision -- Recidivism rates -- Length of time served -- 12. Legal representation -- History of legal representation for juveniles -- The 1990s: assessing due process for juveniles -- The Case of Roper v. Simmons -- Current issues in legal representation for juveniles -- Ineffective assistance of counsel -- Right to conflict-free counsel -- Right to consult with counsel without parents -- Trial court abusing discretion -- Supervising good Juvenile Defense Bar practices -- Pro: benefits of legal representation for juveniles -- Con: drawbacks of legal representation for juveniles -- Lack of oversight -- The dilemmas of counsel -- | |
| 505 | 0 | _a13. Out-of-home placement -- History of out-of-home placements -- Early beginnings -- The child-saving era of progressive reformers -- The get-tough movement to modern placement -- Pro: benefits of out-of-home placement -- Con: drawbacks of out-of-home placement -- Psychological and developmental problems -- Disruption of relationships -- Culture shock -- Out-of-home versus community-based interventions -- Outdated theories and programs -- Disproportionate numbers of minorities -- 14. Parental responsibility laws -- Contributing to delinquency -- Examples of applied delinquency laws -- Empirical inquiries -- Parental responsibility reestablished -- Up close and personal -- Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act -- Are the new laws constitutional? -- Pro: arguments supporting parental responsibility laws -- Con: arguments opposing parental responsibility laws -- | |
| 505 | 0 | _a15. Racial disparities -- Policy and paradigm -- Report of accountability -- A historiographic analysis of race in Juvenile Justice -- Bio-underclass, regulation, and "other" children -- Abolition and Juvenile Justice: a still-relevant movement -- Scholarly resistance: the antiabolitionists -- Pro: support for the theory of racist Juvenile Justice -- Con: rejection of the theory of racist Juvenile Justice -- 16. Scared straight programs -- The history of the Juvenile Awareness Project -- A change of tone -- The Scared Straight! documentary -- Controversy -- Congressional inquiry -- Pro: advantages of Scared Straight Programs -- Con: disadvantages of Scared Straight Programs -- The panacea phenomenon -- Does the program work? Conflicting answers -- | |
| 505 | 0 | _a17. School violence -- The scope of school violence -- Bullying -- Violent versus nonviolent crime -- Causes of school violence -- Psychological factors -- School characteristics and neighboring factors -- Parental influence -- Technology and guns -- The cost of school violence -- Solving the school violence problem -- Pro: benefits of punitive responses to school violence -- Con: drawbacks of punitive responses to school violence -- 18. Sentencing options -- History of juvenile sentencing -- The 1990s: probation -- The 2000s: spike in delinquency -- Once an adult, always an adult -- Capital punishment and life without parole -- Pro: positive sentencing options -- Sentencing youths to probation -- Use of judicial discretion -- Con: negative sentencing options -- Use of formal processing and incapacitation -- Transfer to Adult Court -- | |
| 505 | 0 | _a19. Serious and violent juvenile offenders -- Historical developments -- Risk and violence -- Individual risk -- System response -- Pro: benefits of predicting serious offenders -- Con: drawbacks of predicting serious offenders -- 20. Treatment and rehabilitation -- Evolution of treatment and rehabilitation approaches -- Treatment of youths in general -- Treatment of youths in the Justice Sector -- Culpability or treatment amenability: youths versus adults -- How to treat -- Principles of effective treatment -- Whom to treat -- Pro: arguments in support of treatment -- Treatment does work -- Con: arguments against treatment -- Distributive justice -- The future of treatment and rehabilitation. | |
| 520 | _aPresents arguments both in favor of and opposed to various treatments, programs, and punishments, examining issues such as youth curfews, juveniles in adult courts, legal representation for juveniles, juvenile boot camps, group homes, and out-of-home placement. | ||
| 650 | 0 | _aJuvenile delinquency. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aCrime. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aLaw enforcement. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aCorrections. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aCriminal justice, Administration of. | |
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_aCriminal justice, Administration of. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00883246 |
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_aJuvenile delinquency. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00985320 |
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_aLaw enforcement. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00993931 |
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| 700 | 1 | _aChambliss, William J. | |
| 830 | 0 | _aKey issues in crime and punishment. | |
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