The Juvenile Justice System: Delinquency, Processing, and the Law (6th Edition)
Features ofThe Juvenile Justice System, Sixth Editioninclude: •         Up-to-date and interesting box materials supplementing the text, featuring key topics and contemporary themes of different aspects of juvenile justice, including school violence, drugs, and psychologically disturbed youths •         Interesting career snapshots from practitioners and scholars who work in the juvenile justice system or do research about juveniles •         Relevant and interesting Internet sites listed at the end of chapters for all topics discussed, including where to find important information for research and other purposes •         Comprehensive discussion of the juvenile justice system, including the legal rights of juveniles, landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases, and the death penalty for juveniles •         Elaborate description of how juvenile offenders are classified and processed, including the status offender/delinquent distinction and the deinstitutionalization movement •         Comprehensive discussion of juvenile corrections, including electronic monitoring, home confinement, and numerous community corrections programs •         Extensive discussion of police-juvenile relations and law enforcement options relating to juvenile offenders •         Coverage of classification systems for juvenile offenders and the decision making process relating to their placement in the community or secure care •         Discussion of the jail removal initiative and events related to housing juveniles in adult jails and prisons •         The most extensive, accurate, and up-to-date description available of types of waivers, transfers, and certification proceedings against juveniles and how these procedures interface with the criminal justice system •         Extensive explanation and description of contemporary blended sentencing statutes and recent changes concerning how violent juvenile offenders are processed