Dealing with delinquency
Subtitle: an investigation of juvenile justice
By: Jay S. Albanese.
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States.; Juvenile delinquency -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: What is delinquency? The age factor -- Status offenders -- Juvenile justice v. Criminal justice -- Are juveniles becoming more delinquent? Official delinquency -- Self-report studies -- The true extent of delinquency -- Why do juveniles misbehave? Classicism v. Positivism -- Biological explanations -- Psychological explanations -- Sociological explanations -- Why treat juveniles and adults differently? A system of justice -- A difference in responsibility -- Three models of juvenile justice -- How does a juvenile enter the system? Citizen intervention -- Schools & delinquency -- The police role in delinquency -- What are the legal rights of juveniles? -- A short history of juvenile justice -- the 1960s : Kent and Gault cases -- The 1970s : Winship and Mckeiver -- Lawyers in juvenile court -- What are the procedures of juvenile court? -- Alternatives in adjudication -- Factors in juvenile court dispositions -- Double jeopardy? -- Can we prevent juvenile delinquency? -- Primary v. Secondary prevention -- Classical and positive approaches -- The lifer’s program : scared straight? -- What works? -- A vanishing juvenile justice system? -- Current trends in juvenile justice -- Our newest criminals -- A changing philosophy in the Supreme Court? -- What is the future for juvenile law violators? Being realistic about delinquency -- Accounting for trends in juvenile policy.