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This comprehensive, current juvenile justice text provides thorough coverage of the interrelationships between juvenile law, theories of causation, and procedural requirements - the essential elements for successful practice in the field of juvenile justice. "Juvenile Justice" integrates theory and practice, provides up-to-date examples from recent headlines, enables students to go to the Internet to find materials, and is written in an easy to understand style.

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• Chapter 1 Juvenile Justice in Historical Perspective
• Juvenile Justice Historically Continuing Dilemmas in Juvenile Justice
• Chapter 2 Defining and Measuring Offenses By and Against Juveniles
• Legal Definitions Behavioral Definitions
• Official Statistics: Sources and Problems Unofficial Sources of Data
• Chapter 3 Characteristics of Juvenile Offenders Social Factors Physical Factors
• Chapter 4 Theories of Causation Scientific Theory Some Early Theories
• The Biological School Psychological Theories
• Sociological Theories
• Conflict and Radical/Critical/Marxist Theories
• Chapter 5 Purpose and Scope of Juvenile Court Acts Purpose Scope
• Chapter 6 Juvenile Justice Procedures Rights of Juveniles Bail
• Taking Into Custody Interrogation
• The Detention Hearing Detention/Shelter Care
• The Preliminary Conference
• The Petition Notification
• The Adjudicatory Hearing
• The Social Background Investigation
• The Dispositional Hearing Appeals
• Chapter 7 Juveniles and the Police
• Police Discretion in Encounters with Juveniles
• Unofficial Procedures
• Official Procedures
• Training and Competence of Juvenile Officers
• Police/School Consultant and Liaison Programs
• Community Oriented Policing and Juveniles Police and Juvenile Court
• Chapter 8 Key Figures in Juvenile Court Proceedings
• The Prosecutor Defense Counsel
• The Relationship Between the Prosecutor and Defense Counsel-Adversary or Cooperative?
• The Juvenile Court Judge
• The Juvenile Probation Officer Children and Family Services
• Personnel Training and Competence of Juvenile Court Personnel
• Chapter 9 Prevention and Diversion Programs
• Prevention Diversion Programs
• Some Examples of Prevention and Diversion Programs
• Some Criticisms Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Programs
• Chapter 10 Dispositional Alternatives Probation Foster Homes Juvenile Corrections
• The Dilemmas of Juvenile Corrections
• Some Possible Solutions
• Chapter 11 Violence Against Youth Physical Abuse
• Child Neglect Emotional
• Abuse of Children Sexual
• Abuse of Children Intervention
• Chapter 12 Violent Youth and Gangs
• Violent Youth Firearms and Juvenile Violence
• Gangs Public, Legislative, and Judicial Reaction
• Alternatives to Incarceration for Violent Juveniles
• Chapter 13 The Future of Juvenile Justice
• Appendix A Uniform Juvenile Court Act