Preventing and Reducing Juvenile Delinquency: A Comprehensive Framework - Softcover

Howell, James C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412956382 ISBN 13: 9781412956383

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2008

Synopsis

The Second Edition of Preventing and Reducing Juvenile Delinquency: A Comprehensive Framework aims to inform students about the latest research and the most promising and effective programs and provides a wealth of information for understanding, preventing and controlling juvenile delinquency.

About this title

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.

 

Review:

"This accessible handbook from a passionate advocate of giving youth ′room to reform, to keep their life chances intact′ will be valued by students and practitioners of juvenile justice, as well as lawmakers, policymakers, and social services research and development specialists."
―Youth Today: The Newspaper on Youth Work Author: Cathi Dunn MacRae Source: Youth Today: The Newspaper on Youth Work Published On: 2009-06-01

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1412956382
• ISBN 13: 9781412956383
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 400