These are the kind of questions that this book, written by a group of experts on specific sub-topics in juvenile justice, tries to answer. The book concludes with a number of recommendations for improvements in juvenile justice.
Introduction -- Historical context -- Current practice in the juvenile justice system -- Adolescent development -- A framework for reform -- Preventing reoffending -- Accountability and fairness -- Reducing racial/ethnic disparities -- ...
Introduction -- Historical context -- Current practice in the juvenile justice system -- Adolescent development -- A framework for reform -- Preventing reoffending -- Accountability and fairness -- Reducing racial/ethnic disparities -- ...
These are the kind of questions that this book, written by a group of experts on specific sub-topics in juvenile justice, tries to answer. The book concludes with a number of recommendations for improvements in juvenile justice.
The eleven essays in this collection assess today's juvenile detention system, bringing to light problems and inefficiencies and suggesting strategies for improving conditions and eliminating these problems.
In this bold book, two leading scholars in law and adolescent development offer a comprehensive and pragmatic way forward.
Providing the principles, goals, and concrete means to achieve them, this volume imagines using our resources wisely and well to invest in all children and their potential to contribute and thrive in our society.
This book assesses the strategies and policies that have produced these important shifts in direction.
Reforming Juvenile Justice in America: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives,...
Implementing Juvenile Justice Reform identifies and prioritizes strategies and policies to effectively facilitate reform of the juvenile justice system and develop an implementation plan for OJJDP.