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Controversies in Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Peter J. Benekos, Alida V. Merlo
Regular Price: $31.95
Publisher: Anderson Publishing
Format: softcover, 365 pp.
ISBN: 9781583605516
  ©2004

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After providing a history of the development of the juvenile court, this book explores some of the most important current controversies in juvenile justice. Original essays review major theories of juvenile delinquency, explore psychological and biological factors that may explain delinquent behavior, and examine the nexus between substance abuse and delinquency.




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Table of contents

Chapter 1. The Intent and Performance of Juvenile Justice
Peter J. Benekos & Alida V. Merlo

Chapter 2. Delinquency Theory: Classical and Sociological Explanations
Frank E. Hagan & Pamela Tontodonato

Chapter 3. Delinquency Theory: Emerging Explanations from the Biopsychological Perspective
Thomas J. Gamble & Amy C. Eisert

Chapter 4. Youth, Drugs, and Delinquency
Frank P. Williams III & Marilyn McShane

Chapter 5. Violence and Education: Controlling the School Yard
Richard Lawrence

Chapter 6. Invisible Youth: Maltreated Children and Status Offenders in the Juvenile Justice System -- Politics, Science, and Children's Issues
John H. Lemmon

Chapter 7. The "Adultification" of Youth
Joseph Sanborn

Chapter 8. Youth Behind Bars: Doing Justice or Doing Harm?
Eric J. Fritsch & Tory J. Caeti

Chapter 9. Race, Delinquency, and Discrimination: Minorities in the Juvenile Justice System
Donna M. Bishop

Chapter 10. Gender and Delinquency: Females Doing Crime
Ruth Triplett, Dianne Cyr Carmody & Peggy S. Plass

Chapter 11. Sentenced to Die: The Ultimate Sanction for Juvenile Offenders
Alexis J. Miller & Richard Tewksbury

Chapter 12. Comparative Juvenile Justice Policy: Lessons from Other Countries
Alida V. Merlo & Peter J. Benekos
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