-Juvenile Justice And Delinquency- Is The First Text To Comprehensively Trace The Progress Toward Resolving Critical Juvenile Justice And Delinquency Issues, And To Provide Cutting-Edge Intervention Strategies To Effectively Rehabilitate Juvenile Offenders And Prevent Delinquency. Historical, Political, And Legal Trends Are Examined And Critiqued, As Well As The Range Of Developmental, Familial, And Sociological Theoretical Explanations Of Juvenile Delinquency. Current Evidence-Based Practice, Prevention Strategies And Programs, And Juvenile Justice Treatment And Policy Alternatives Are...

Thoroughly Revised And Updated To Reflect The Most Current Trends And Developments In The Field, Victimology: Theories And Applications, Second Edition Provides A Comprehensive Introduction To The Study Of Victimization, Crime Typologies, And The Impact Of Crime On Victims, Offenders, And Society At Large. Each Chapter Provides An Overview Of The Scope, Law, And Victim Response To Crime And Concludes With A Summary And Discussion Questions To Ensure Comprehension. An Overview Of The Issues Impacting Victims Of A Wide Variety Of Traditional And Contemporary Crimes Are Examined, Including Child...

Several million reported and unreported delinquent acts take place each year. In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, juvenile delinquency, acting-out and oppositional behavior, illegal drugs, guns, and youth violence are pervasive throughout American society. Juvenile Justice Sourcebook is the first comprehensive volume devoted exclusively to the biopsychosocial assessment, police and juvenile court processing, and institutional and community-based treatment and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders. The overriding objective of...

The second edition of Crime Policy in America describes the process of policy-making and the substantive nature of policy directions in crime and justice in America, particularly from the beginning of the 1970s. This book examines the nature of presidential policy-making in crime and justice from Nixon to Obama, congressional policy-making since the birth of the Bill of Rights, and judicial policy-making since the promulgation of the Judicial Act of 1789. The perspective of this book is deeply historical, sociological, and legalistic. Historically, the book has explored the evolution of...

The second edition of Crime Policy in America describes the process of policy-making and the substantive nature of policy directions in crime and justice in America, particularly from the beginning of the 1970s. This book examines the nature of presidential policy-making in crime and justice from Nixon to Obama, congressional policy-making since the birth of the Bill of Rights, and judicial policy-making since the promulgation of the Judicial Act of 1789. The perspective of this book is deeply historical, sociological, and legalistic. Historically, the book has explored the evolution of...