Juvenile Delinquency: A Justice Perspective - Softcover

Weisheit, Ralph A.; Culbertson, Robert G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 088133815X ISBN 13: 9780881338157

Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc, 1995

Synopsis

Helping to sort out the complex issues involved in the ongoing debate over the processing of delinquents through the juvenile justice system . . . This collection of eighteen articles covers the conflicting philosophies underlying the juvenile justice system, current knowledge about status offenders, the role of such social institutions as the family and the school in the onset and control of delinquency, and major policy issues that decision makers will need to resolve in the years ahead.

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From the Publisher:

Consider these titles of related interest also available from Waveland Press: Gary F. Jensen and Dean G. Rojek, Delinquency and Youth Crime, Third Edition (ISBN 0881339776); Gennaro F. Vito, Richard Tewksbury, and Deborah G. Wilson, The Juvenile Justice System: Concepts and Issues (ISBN 0881339997); and James O. Finckenauer and Patricia W. Gavin, Scared Straight: The Panacea Phenomenon Revisited (ISBN 1577660358).

About this edition

• Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 088133815X
• ISBN 13: 9780881338157
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 282