Author : Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy
Publisher :
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 25,22 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Aggressiveness in adolescence
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Author : Michael E. Alpert
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 36,40 MB
Release : 2002-03
Category :
ISBN : 9780756720186
Explores the ability of publicly sponsored programs in California to prevent crime & violence, particularly among young people. It concludes that crime & violence among young people can be prevented. These endangered children can be helped by altering how the State of California supports local communities in this endeavor. It must fortify community-based & state-supported efforts to prevent the violence. Chapters: background; youth violence crisis; the opportunity of this generation; a funding mechanism that supports communities; invest in leadership; understanding & using new knowledge; rethinking the role of evaluation; & conclusion. Dozens of sidebars, charts & graphs.
Author : Terrance Taylor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 22,49 MB
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317587375
Youth violence is a pressing social concern and this book examines several elements of youth violence prevention. It offers state-of-the-art research on several different topics including: the relationship between bullying offending and victimization; the relationship between race and the code of the streets’ explanation for violent offending; and how differences in methodology affect the validity of the multiple marginality theory of gang membership. It also examines an understudied population: gay gang members as well as providing an analysis of the degree to which risk factors for gang membership and violent offending are sex-specific. The critical component of this text is the melding of research with practical implications for youth violence prevention specialists. As such, the book should be useful to both academic and practitioner audiences. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Crime & Justice.
Author : Rolf Loeber
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 45,13 MB
Release : 1999-06-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0761920404
Detailed and comprehensive, Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders presents authoritative discussions by a select group of leading scholars on issues surrounding serious and violent juvenile offenders. This population is responsible for a disproportionate percentage of all crime and poses the greatest challenge to juvenile justice policymakers. Under the skillful editorship of Rolf Loeber and David P. Farrington, this unique volume integrates knowledge about risk and protective factors with information about intervention and prevention programs so that conclusions from each area can inform the other. Current literature on these two areas does not, for the most part, apply directly to serious and violent juvenile offenders. This volume contends that serious and violent juvenile offenders tend to start displaying behavior problems and delinquency early in life, warranting early intervention. It is the contributors' thesis that prevention is never too early. They also maintain, however, that interventions for serious and violent juvenile offenders can never be too late in that effective interventions exist for known serious and violent juvenile offenders. Augmented by charts, tables, graphs, figures, and an extensive bibliography, Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders is an excellent reference work and a must read for policy and lawmakers, judges, attorneys, law enforcement personnel, education administrators, researchers, academics, social workers, sociologists, as well as graduate students and interns.
Author : Frieder Dünkel
Publisher :
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 34,54 MB
Release : 2003
Category : At-risk youth
ISBN : 9783930982813
Author : United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 38,72 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Juvenile delinquents
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 19,70 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Juvenile delinquency
ISBN :
Author : Wesley T Church, II
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 34,99 MB
Release : 2014-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 019932462X
Several million reported and unreported delinquent acts take place each year. In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, juvenile delinquency, acting-out and oppositional behavior, illegal drugs, guns, and youth violence are pervasive throughout American society. Juvenile Justice Sourcebook is the first comprehensive volume devoted exclusively to the biopsychosocial assessment, police and juvenile court processing, and institutional and community-based treatment and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders. The overriding objective of this sourcebook is to trace the tremendous progress achieved toward resolving juvenile justice issues, dilemmas, and controversies, while providing futuristic visions for the juvenile justice field. Each chapter, authored by preeminent expert practitioners and researchers, explores topics ranging from innovative counseling and multisystemic programs, to restorative justice, to rehabilitation programs such as aggression replacement training, wilderness programs, family treatment, substance abuse treatment, restitution, and aftercare. This volume, grounded in history and exhaustive research, presents the latest evidence-based policies, programs, and innovative treatment alternatives. Examining the entire juvenile justice system, including juvenile law, policies, practices, and research, the Juvenile Justice Sourcebook will be invaluable to all juvenile justice practitioners, policy analysts, researchers, and students.
Author : Masud S Hoghughi
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 23,71 MB
Release : 2004-02-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1446206920
The Handbook of Parenting brings together in a single volume much of the theoretical and empirical knowledge and aspects of professional activity within the broadly defined field of parenting. Contributions are presented from an internationally renowned group of scholars known for their work in a range of disciplines, including child and family psychology, education and family studies, providing an accessible map of the major debates in theory, research and practice in this important and exciting field. The material is presented comprehensively. It encompasses essential policy and professional issues in all the main areas of current concern from parenting in culturally divergent settings, to parenting children with special needs in areas of physical, mental, social and educational functioning, to looking at ways in which the wider community and technological advances may be able to provide parenting support. Published in a single-volume format, this handbook will prove an invaluable and essential resource. Academics, researchers, practitioners and advanced students in a host of disciplines will gain from its breadth, wealth of information and enormous insight into the principal issues related to parenting theory and practice in the 21st century. The distinctive contribution of this handbook is to present a vast body of research and other information in a manner that is usable by practitioners in a wide range of child and parental support activities.
Author : Stephen E. Brown
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 18,86 MB
Release : 2018-12-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0429892152
How do societies define crime, and how should it be punished or prevented? Which is a more criminal act, causing a death by dumping toxic material or by shooting a victim with a gun? Are criminals born or made? Criminology: Explaining Crime and Its Context, Tenth Edition, offers a broad perspective on criminological theory. It provides students of criminology and sociology with a thorough exposure to a range of theories about crime, contrasting their logic and assumptions, but also highlighting efforts to integrate and blend these frameworks. In this tenth edition, the authors have incorporated new directions that have gained traction in the field, while remaining faithful to their criminological heritage. Among the themes in this work are the relativity of crime (its changing definition) with abundant examples, historical roots of criminology and the lessons they have provided, and the strength and challenges of applying the scientific method. This revision offers new coverage of the growing problem of mental health and crime, a more tightly focused discussion of crime statistics, more global examples, and new material on human trafficking and on youth violence. Brown and Esbensen improve on this engaging and challenging introduction to the theory of crime and punishment, which is already perhaps the best criminology text available for undergraduates today.
