Juvenile Delinquency (eBook)

Pathways and Prevention

Christopher A. Mallett, Miyuki Fukushima Tedor (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2025 | 2., Second Edition
438 Seiten
Sage Publications, Inc (Verlag)
9781071862216 (ISBN)

Inhalt

Preface
About the Authors
Part I: Juvenile Justice System
Chapter 1: The Functioning of the Juvenile Justice System
Introduction
Juvenile Courts
Juvenile Court Purpose
Juvenile Court Jurisdiction
The Process of the Juvenile Justice System
The Child Welfare System
Chapter Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Chapter 2: The History of Juvenile Justice and Today’s Juvenile Courts
Introduction
Juvenile Justice: Cycles of Rehabilitation and Punishment
Today’s Juvenile Court Reform
Chapter Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Chapter 3: The Measurement of Juvenile Crime
Introduction
Official Data
National Crime Victimization Survey
Self-Report Data
Juvenile Delinquency
Chapter Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Part II: Theories of Delinquency
Chapter 4: Classical, Biological, and Psychological Theories of Crime
Introduction
Theoretical Issues and Classification
Preclassical and Classical Perspectives of Crime
Early Biological Theories of Crime
Early Social Structural Theories
Modern Biological Perspectives
Modern Psychological Theories
Chapter Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Chapter 5: Modern sociological Theories of Crime
Introduction
Strain/Anomie Theories
Social Disorganization Perspective
Learning Theories
Subcultural Theories
Control Theories/Neoclassical Criminology
Modern Classical Perspective
Social Reaction, Critical, and Feminist Theories
Life-Course Perspective
Chapter Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Part III: Problems that Lead to Delinquency
Chapter 6: Delinquency Risks and Disproportionate Impact
Introduction
Factors That Influence Delinquency
Protective Factors
Disproportionate Impact
Why the Disproportionate Impact?
Chapter Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Chapter 7: Punitive Juvenile Justice Policies
Introduction
Adolescents are Different Than Young Adults
From the Classroom to the Courts
The Police and Adolescents
Delinquency Adjudication
Youths Who Are Detained or Incarcerated
Chapter Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Chapter 8: School Violence, Zero Tolerance, and School Exclusion
Introduction
Compulsory Education and Student Discipline
School Discipline in the Zero Tolerance Era
School Discipline
Chapter Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Chapter 9: Trauma and Delinquency
Introduction
Prevalence of Childhood and Adolescent Trauma
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Resiliency to Trauma Experiences
Maltreatment and Academic Performance
Maltreatment and Delinquency
Chapter Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Chapter 10: Mental Health Disorders, Special Education Disabilities, and Delinquency
Introduction
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Problems
Complex Relationship Between Mental Health Problems and Delinquency
Juvenile Incarceration: Today′s Psychiatric Asylums?
Disabilities Rights
Why the Learning Disability Disparity?
Chapter Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Part IV: Solutions to Delinquency
Chapter 11: Evidence-Based Delinquency Risk Prevention
Introduction
Maltreatment Victimization
Prevention
Trauma Assessment
Interventions and Programs for Mental Health Problems
Chapter Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Chapter 12: School Safety and Inclusion Policies
Introduction
Students, Classrooms, and Schools
Inclusivity in Schools
Rehabilitative and Supportive Interventions
School Districts
State Policies
National Policies
Chapter Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Chapter 13: Rehabilitation of Youth Committing Low-Level Offenses
Introduction
Effective Framework
Delinquency Prevention
Diversion – What is it?
Assessment
Community-Based Corrections
Chapter Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Chapter 14: Rehabilitation of Youths Serious and Chronic Offenses
Introduction
Juvenile Justice: A Developmental Framework
Detention Reform
Incarceration
Reentry and Return Home
Gang Membership and Prevention
Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities
Chapter Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Glossary
References
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.5.2025
• Verlagsort: Thousand Oaks
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Christopher A. Mallett • juvenile crime • Juvenile Delinquency • Juvenile justice • Miyuki Fukushima Tedor
• ISBN-13: 9781071862216 / 9781071862216