The Juvenile Justice System: Delinquency, Processing, and the Law

The Juvenile Justice System: Delinquency, Processing, and the Law
ISBN-10
013603408X
ISBN-13
9780136034087
Series
The Juvenile Justice System
Pages
594
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
Prentice Hall
Author
Dean J. Champion

Description

The new edition of this text draws on the most current cases and literature in explicating the juvenile justice system. Representative topics include: alternative philosophies for managing juvenile offenders, types of offenders and trends, female versus male delinquency, juveniles and the police, cl

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