Juvenile Justice: A Social, Historical, and Legal Perspective
by Preston Elrod, R. Scott Ryder
Category: Law

"Juvenile Justice is an introductory textbook for a predominantly one-semester course of the same name within criminal justice or sociology programs. It is a 14-chapter, softcover, 4-color textbook covering a broad range of topics, including the administration of juvenile justice, the theories about, and references to scholarly literature and studies. Because Juvenile Justice presents the topic within a societal and historical context, readers gain a firm knowledge of the rationales to practice and challenges facing its administration"--