Controversies in juvenile justice and delinquency
By: Peter J. Benekos, Alida V. Merlo.
Contributors: Merlo, Alida V.
Series: Controversies in crime and justice
Publisher: LexisNexis
Published: 2004
Place of publication: [Newark, NJ]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
Subjects: Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States; Juvenile delinquency -- United States
Other titles: Juvenile justice and delinquency
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-322) and index.

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Table of contents: title: The intent and performance of juvenile justice / Peter J. Benekos and Alida V. Merlo; title: Delinquency theory: classical and sociological explanations / Frank E. Hagan and Pamela Tontodonato; title: Delinquency theory: emerging explanations from the biopsychological perspective / Thomas J. Gamble and Amy C. Eisert; title: Youth, drugs, and delinquency / Frank P. Williams III and Marilyn McShane; title: Violence and education: controlling the school yard / Richard Lawrence; title: Invisible youth: maltreated children and status offenders in the juvenile justice system; title: politics, science, and children's issues / John H. Lemmon; title: The "adultification" of youth / Joseph Sanborn; title: Youth behind bars: doing justice or doing harm? / Eric J. Fritsch and Tory J. Caeti; title: Race, delinquency, and discrimination: minorities in the juvenile justice system / Donna M. Bishop; title: Gender and delinquency: females doing crime / Ruth Triplett, Dianne Cyr Carmody, and Peggy S. Plass; title: Sentenced to die: the ultimate sanction for juvenile offenders / Alexis J. Miller and Richard Tewksbury; title: Comparative juvenile justice policy: lessons from other countries / Alida V. Merlo and Peter J. Benekos.