Juvenile justice

Juvenile justice

by Hess, Kären M.

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A practical and comprehensive look at the current state of the juvenile justice system in the United States.

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  • Full title :Juvenile justice / Kären M. Hess ; with contributions by Christine Hess Orthmann.

Summary

A practical and comprehensive look at the current state of the juvenile justice system in the United States.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2010.
  • Edition:5th ed

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xxiii, 462 pages : : illustrations ; : 27 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0495504378, 9780495504375
  • oclc:ocn651011909
  • LC Classification:HV9104
  • Dewey Decimal:364.360973

Table of Contents

pt. I. An overview of the Juvenile Justice System -- 1. Juvenile justice : definitions, measurement and process -- FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) -- National Incident-based Reporting System (NIBRS) -- Bureau of Justice Statistics National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) -- Media's effect on public perception of juveniles -- Components of the Juvenile Justice System -- Juvenile justice process -- Arrest -- Referral -- Intake -- Diversion -- Detention -- Petitioning / charges filed -- Adjudication hearing / delinquency finding -- Dispositional hearing -- Probation -- Confinement in a secure correctional facility -- Transfer to adult court -- To divert or not? -- Which is more just : a conservative or a liberal approach to delinquency? -- Confidentiality versus openness -- Disproportionate minority contact (DMC) -- 2. The history and philosophy behind the juvenile justice system -- Social control in early societies -- Development in England -- Development of juvenile justice in the United States -- The Puritan period (1646-1824) -- The refuge period (1824-1899) -- Houses of refuge -- Reform schools -- Foster homes -- The child savers -- Juvenile Court period (1899-1960) -- 1899 …

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Subjects

Délinquance juvénile -- États-Unis Juvenile delinquency Juvenile delinquency -- United States Juvenile justice, Administration of Juvenile justice, Administration of -- … United States

Writers

Hess, Kären M. Orthmann, Christine M. H.

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