Juvenile justice
Subtitle: an introduction
By: John T. Whitehead, Steven P. Lab.
Contributors: Lab, Steven P.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Lexis Nexis T Anderson Pub., a member of the LexisNexis Group
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Newark, NJ
Language: eng
Subjects: Juvenile delinquency; Juvenile justice, Administration of; Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The definition and extent of delinquency; title: The history of juvenile justice; title: Explaining delinquency: biological and psychological; title: Approaches; title: Sociological explanations for delinquency; title: Gang delinquency; title: Drugs and delinquency; title: Policing and juveniles; title: The juvenile court process; title: Due process and juveniles; title: Institutional/residential interventions; title: Juvenile probation/community intervention; title: The victimization of juveniles; title: Future directions on the juvenile justice system.