Juvenile Delinquency - Roberson, Cliff

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Résumé :
Preface Acknowledgements Part I: Juveniles Delinquency Overview Chapter 1: Introduction to the Study of Juvenile Delinquency Chapter objectives Overview of juvenile delinquency Defining adolescence and lack of a uniform definition Types of Juvenile Misconduct Measuring Delinquency Goals of the Juvenile Justice System Factors that influence juvenile behaviors Overview of delinquency theories Crime and Age Female Delinquency Overview of federal action on juvenile Justice Practicum Summary Discussion and Review Questions Chapter 2: Issues Involving Juvenile Delinquency Do We Need A Separate Court System? Juveniles Involved in Sex Trafficking Primary Purpose of Juvenile Justice Courts? Juvenile Incarceration Funding Privately-Operated Juvenile Institutions School to Prison Pipeline Juveniles Who Commit Violent Crimes Pathways to Desistance Bullying Cyber Delinquency Part II: Delinquency Causation Theories Chapter 3: Classical and Positivists Concepts Delinquency Behaviors Early Theories of Delinquency Classical Concepts Free Will Rational choice Mental Capacity Defenses Early Positivist Concepts Biological Explanations of Delinquency Psychological Concepts Summary Chapter 4: Social Structure Concepts Causation Theories Anomie Social Structure Processes Strain Subcultural Theories Institutional anomie theory Symbolic Interaction Theories Ecological Theories Chapter 5: Social Process and Integrated Theories Social Control Theories Social Bond Theories Conflict Theories Critical Theories Social Learning Theories Multi-Factor Theories of Crime Integrated Theories Control Balance Theory Differential Coercion Theory Part III Delinquency Influences Chapter 6: Families & Peers Delinquency Influences Family Influences Early Childhood Disruptive Behavior Functional Family Theory Peers and Delinquency Chapter 7: Youth Gangs Youth Gang Issues Defining Youth Gangs History of Youth Gangs Gang Indicators Indicators of Youth Gang Involvement Dynamics of Youth Gangs Why Youths Join Gangs Consequences of Gang Membership Preventing Gang Membership Promising Programs for Dealing with Youth Gangs National Youth Gang Center Discussion and Review Questions Chapter 8: Juveniles and Police Police and Juvenile offenders Police Discretion School Resource Officers Police and Rule of Law Part IV Juvenile Justice System Chapter 9: Juvenile Justice Development of Juvenile Justice Juvenile Justice Reform Development of Dependency Jurisdiction U.S. Supreme Court and the Rights of Juveniles Chapter 10: Juvenile Court Hearings Overview The Petition Jurisdictional or Intake Hearing Adjudicatory hearing Rights at Juvenile Hearings Appealing A Juvenile Adjudication Persons Involved in the Hearings Reponses and Plea Bargaining Chapter 11: Juvenile Corrections Juvenile Probation Conditions of Probation Interstate Compact on Juveniles Juvenile Probation Officers Restorative Justice Revocation of Probation Chapter 12: Juvenile Institutions Sexual Violence in Juvenile Institutes Residential Treatment Juvenile Parole Types of Institutions Aftercare Does Detention make them worst? Massachusetts Experience Chapter 13: Transfers to Adult Criminal Court Chapter Objective Statistics on Waivers Waiver of Jurisdiction Double Jeopardy and the Wavier Decision Right to Appeal Waiver Direct Filing in Adult Criminal Court Chapter 14: Enhancing Juvenile Protection Termination of Parental Rights Protective Orders Disclosure of Juvenile Information Expunction of Juvenile Records Dual System Youths Juvenile Competency Procedures Juvenile Drug Courts Teen Courts Status Offenses Chapter 15: Comparative Review of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency United Nations Standards on Juvenile Justice United Nations World Youth Report Comparative Study of Youth Crime Australia Canada China France...

Biographie:

Cliff Roberson is former managing editor in chief of the journal Police Practice & Research, an international journal that is distributed in over 50 countries. In addition, he is an Emeritus Professor at Washburn University and retired Professor of Criminology at California State University, Fresno.


Elena Azaola, PhD, is a professor at the Center for Advanced Studies and Research in social anthropology located in Mexico City. She has published more than 150 journal articles and numerous books on human behavior, crime, and human rights. Presently Azaola is working on a United Nations funded research on developing Standards for Mexican Prisons.