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Features of The Juvenile Justice System, Sixth Edition include:
· Up-to-date and interesting box materials supplementing the text, featuring key topics and contemporary themes of different aspects of juvenile justice, including school violence, drugs, and psychologically disturbed youths
· Interesting career snapshots from practitioners and scholars who work in the juvenile justice system or do research about juveniles
· Relevant and interesting Internet sites listed at the end of chapters for all topics discussed, including where to find important information for research and other purposes
· Comprehensive discussion of the juvenile justice system, including the legal rights of juveniles, landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases, and the death penalty for juveniles
· Elaborate description of how juvenile offenders are classified and processed, including the status offender/delinquent distinction and the deinstitutionalization movement
· Comprehensive discussion of juvenile corrections, including electronic monitoring, home confinement, and numerous community corrections programs
· Extensive discussion of police-juvenile relations and law enforcement options relating to juvenile offenders
· Coverage of classification systems for juvenile offenders and the decision making process relating to their placement in the community or secure care
· Discussion of the jail removal initiative and events related to housing juveniles in adult jails and prisons
· The most extensive, accurate, and up-to-date description available of types of waivers, transfers, and certification proceedings against juveniles and how these procedures interface with the criminal justice system
· Extensive explanation and description of contemporary blended sentencing statutes and recent changes concerning how violent juvenile offenders are processed
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