Evaluation of the Children at Risk Program
Author : Adele Harrell
Publisher :
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 49,1 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Crime prevention
ISBN :
NCJRS Catalog
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 33,95 MB
Release :
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN :
Book Description
The Evidence-Based Internship
Author : Barbara Thomlison
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 24,10 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Law
ISBN : 0195323505
Book Description
This book is intended for use in any professional program that has a practicum or internship. Chief among those are social work, criminal justice, psychology, and even psychiatry. In addition, the book is a supplementary text for field seminars, practice methods courses, or any course introducing students to the helping process. The primary purpose of the book is to offer students an overview of the knowledge and skills needed to become competent and confident professional practitioners. The evidence-based framework of the book will teach students to apply science to real-life problems in the practicum or internship. The authors identify best practices for positive client outcomes and for a successful student practicum or internship experience by selecting essential knowledge and skills for learning. The book is a resource guide with applied learning activities to assist students during the field experience.
Community Programs to Promote Youth Development
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 31,77 MB
Release : 2002-02-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309072751
Book Description
After-school programs, scout groups, community service activities, religious youth groups, and other community-based activities have long been thought to play a key role in the lives of adolescents. But what do we know about the role of such programs for today's adolescents? How can we ensure that programs are designed to successfully meet young people's developmental needs and help them become healthy, happy, and productive adults? Community Programs to Promote Youth Development explores these questions, focusing on essential elements of adolescent well-being and healthy development. It offers recommendations for policy, practice, and research to ensure that programs are well designed to meet young people's developmental needs. The book also discusses the features of programs that can contribute to a successful transition from adolescence to adulthood. It examines what we know about the current landscape of youth development programs for America's youth, as well as how these programs are meeting their diverse needs. Recognizing the importance of adolescence as a period of transition to adulthood, Community Programs to Promote Youth Development offers authoritative guidance to policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and other key stakeholders on the role of youth development programs to promote the healthy development and well-being of the nation's youth.
Preventing and Reducing Juvenile Delinquency
Author : James C. Howell
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 19,79 MB
Release : 2003-02-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780761925095
Book Description
This book aims to inform students about the latest research and the most promising and effective programs and for understanding, preventing and controlling juvenile delinquency. The book is geared to preparing students for a career in juvenile justice or related social service systems, and becoming research or program development specialists. The history of current juvenile justice system policies and practices are examined, including the juvenile violence "epidemic." Key myths about juvenile violence and the ability of the juvenile justice system to handle modern-day juvenile delinquents are critically examined. Developmental theories of juvenile delinquency are applied to understanding how juvenile offender careers evolve. Effective prevention and rehabilitation programs and what does not work are reviewed. A comprehensive framework for building a continuum of effective programs is presented in Part III.
Measuring Crime and Criminality
Author : John MacDonald
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 49,81 MB
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1351506404
Book Description
Measuring Crime and Criminality focuses on how different approaches to measuring crime and criminality are used to test existing criminological theories. Each chapter reviews a key approach for measuring criminal behaviour and discusses its strengths or weaknesses for explaining the facts of crime or answers to central issues of criminological inquiry. The book describes the state of the field on different approaches for measuring crime and criminality as seen by prominent scholars in the field. Among the featured contributions are: The Use of Official Reports and Victimization Data for Testing Criminological Theories; The Design and Analysis of Experiments in Criminology; and Growth Curve/Mixture Models for Measuring Criminal Careers. Also included are papers titled: Counterfactual Methods of Causal Inference and Their Application to Criminology; Measuring Gene-Environment Interactions in the Cause of Antisocial Behaviour and What Has Been Gained and Lost through Longitudinal Research and Advanced Statistical Models? This volume of Advances in Criminological Theory illustrates how understanding the various ways criminal behaviour is measured is useful for developing theoretical insights on the causes of crime.
Forensic Psychology
Author : Joanna R. Adler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 27,11 MB
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1135992797
Book Description
This book brings together contributions from both academics and practitioners to demonstrate the scope of the discipline and the techniques employed in key areas of research, policy and practice. It reaches beyond the introductory texts on the subject to challenge perceptions, raise questions for research, pose problems for practice, and inspire and stimulate by demonstrating the ways in which forensic psychology can aid the practice of criminal justice.
Evidence-Based Crime Prevention
Author : David P. Farrington
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 14,31 MB
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 113448982X
Book Description
Crime prevention policy and practice is, on the whole, far from objective. Instead of being based on scientific evidence, the crime policy agenda is seemingly driven by political ideology, anecdotal evidence and programme trends. Evidence-Based Crime Prevention seeks to change this by comprehensively and rigorously assessing the existing scientific knowledge on the effectiveness of crime prevention programmes internationally. Reviewing more than 600 scientific evaluations of programmes intended to prevent crime in settings such as families, schools, labour markets and communities, this book grades programmes on their scientific validity using the 'scientific methods scale'. This collection, which brings together contributions from leading researchers in the field of crime prevention, will provide policy-makers, researchers and community leaders with an understandable source of information about what works, what does not work and what is promising in preventing crime.
Handbook of Injury and Violence Prevention
Author : Lynda Doll
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 20,41 MB
Release : 2007-03-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0387294570
Book Description
In the Handbook of Injury and Violence Prevention, over fifty experts present the current landscape of intervention methods - from risk reduction to rethinking social norms - as they address some of the most prevalent forms of accidental and violent injury. - Overview chapters examine the social and economic scope of unintentional and violent injury today - Extensive literature review of specific intervention programs to prevent violence and injury - Special chapters on childhood injuries, alcohol-related accidents, and disasters - "Interventions in the Field" section offers solid guidelines for implementing and improving existing programs - Critical analysis of issues involved in delivering programs to wider audiences - Helpful appendices list relevant agencies and professional resources This dual focus on intervention and application makes the Handbook a bedrock text for professionals involved in delivering or managing prevention programs. Its what-works-now approach gives it particular utility in the graduate classroom, and researchers will benefit from the critical attention paid to knowledge gaps in the field. It is a major resource for any reader committed to reducing the number of incidents just waiting to happen.
Year in Review
Author : National Institute of Justice (U.S.)
Publisher :
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 31,21 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN :
