Juvenile justice
Subtitle: a social, historical, and legal perspective
By: Preston Elrod, R. Scott Ryder.
Contributors: Ryder, R. Scott.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 544
Subjects: Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The context of juvenile justice : defining basic concepts and examining public perceptions of juvenile crime; title: Measuring the extent of juvenile delinquency; title: The social context of juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice; title: Early juvenile justice : before the juvenile court; title: The development of the juvenile court; title: Public and police responses to juvenile offenders; title: Juvenile diversion; title: Preadjudication process in juvenile justice; title: The transfer of juveniles to criminal court; title: The contemporary juvenile court; title: Community-based correctional programs for juvenile offenders; title: Institutional corrections programs for juvenile offenders; title: The status offender in juvenile justice; title: Juvenile justice and the serious, chronic, or violent juvenile offender; title: Present and future directions in juvenile justice; title: Working in juvenile justice.