Preventing and Reducing Juvenile Delinquency: A Comprehensive Framework / Edition 2

by James C. Howell

Overview

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.

Key Features

• Examines the history of current juvenile justice system policies and practices, including the juvenile violence "epidemic"
• Discusses key myths about juvenile violence and the ability of the juvenile justice system to handle modern-day juvenile delinquents
• Applies developmental theories of juvenile delinquency to understanding how juvenile offender careers evolve
• Reviews effective prevention and rehabilitation programs and what does not work
• Presents a comprehensive framework for building a continuum of effective programs

Intended Audience: This is an ideal supplementary text for undergraduate and graduate courses in juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, and violent offender intervention courses. It is also essential reading for juvenile justice and social services research and development specialists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412956383
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	09/26/2008
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.90(d)

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.

Table of Contents

Preface
PART I: The Historical Context of Current Juvenile Justice System Policies and Practices
1. Superpredators and Other Myths About Juvenile Delinquency
2. Moral Panic Over Juvenile Delinquency
3. Juvenile Delinquency Trends
PART II: The Research Base on Juvenile Offenders and Gangs
4. A Theory of Juvenile Deilinquency and Gang Involvement
5. Juvenile Offender Careers
6. Youth Gangs
7. Effective Programs for Preventing and Reducing Youth Gang Problems
PART III: Programmatic and Policy Responses to Juvenile Delinquency
8. Principles and Characteristics of Best Practice Programs
9. Effective Prevention and Rehabilitation Programs
10. The Comprehensive Strategy Framework: An Illustration
11. What Doesn't Work in Preventing and Reducing Juvenile Delinquency
12. Transfer of Juveniles to the Crimnal Justice System
Concluding Observations
Appendix: Two Model Assessment Instruments
Credits and Sources
Glossary
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

"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

Youth Today: The Newspaper on Youth Work - Cathi Dunn Mac Rae

"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

Youth Today: The Newspaper on Youth Work - Cathi Dunn MacRae

"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— Cathi Dunn Mac Rae

Youth Today: The Newspaper on Youth Work

"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

Youth Today: The Newspaper on Youth Work - Cathi Dunn Mac Rae

"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

Cathi Dunn Mac Rae

"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."

YOUTH JUSTICE

"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. "

Youth Justice