Preventing and Reducing Juvenile Delinquency: A Comprehensive Framework - Hardcover

Howell, James C.

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9780761925088: Preventing and Reducing Juvenile Delinquency: A Comprehensive Framework

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ISBN 10: 0761925082 ISBN 13: 9780761925088

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2003

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Preventing and Reducing Juvenile Delinquency: A Comprehensive Framework presents the latest research and most effective programs for understanding, preventing, and controlling juvenile delinquency. Renowned specialist in the field James C. Howell examines key myths about juvenile violence and the ability of the juvenile justice system to handle modern-day juvenile delinquents. Reviewing the history of current juvenile justice system policies and practices, Howell provides a comprehensive framework for analyzing and responding to juvenile crime.

Intended as a supplementary text for undergraduate and graduate courses in juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, and violent offender intervention courses, Preventing and Reducing Juvenile Delinquency is also essential reading for juvenile justice and social services research and development specialists.

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About the Author:

Dr. James C. (Buddy) Howell is a Senior Research Associate with the National Gang Center, in Tallahassee, Florida, where he has worked for over twenty years. He formerly worked at the U.S. Department of Justice for 23 years, mostly as director of research and program development in the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. He has published over 50 works on youth and street gangs, and a similar number on juvenile justice and delinquency prevention, and seven books on both topics. His gang publication topics include street gang history; gang homicides; drug trafficking; gangs in schools; hybrid gangs; myths about gangs; risk factors; gang problem trends; gang history in the United States; and what works in preventing gang activity, combating gangs, and reducing gang crime. He is very active in helping states and localities reform their juvenile justice systems and use evidence-based programs, and in working with these entities to address youth gang problems in a balanced approach.

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"In this book Howell proposes a proactive approach to incorporate both preventative interventions and a series of graduated sanctions. . . . The book provides a fascinating insight into the American youth justice system which is both alien (juvenile executions) and familiar to the reader (prison overcrowding) and will be useful for anyone interested in the debates and solutions proposed by a jurisdiction which often influences policy makers." Source: YOUTH JUSTICE Published On: 2004-09-02

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