NCJ Number
146892
Editor(s)
R A Weisheit,
R G Culbertson
Date Published
1990
Length
253 pages
Annotation
Juvenile delinquency and the processing of delinquents through the juvenile justice system continues to stimulate considerable debate; this document reflects the changing nature of juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice.
Abstract
The reader covers specific issues in juvenile delinquency, such as the influence of biological factors, exploitation in juvenile facilities, and violent juvenile offender treatment. Consideration is also given to conflicting philosophies underlying the juvenile justice system, current knowledge about status offenders, the role of such social institutions as the family and the school in the onset and control of juvenile delinquency, and major juvenile justice policy issues. Articles specifically address the link between juvenile delinquency and social policies, juvenile delinquency sources (nutritional and ecological factors, family influences, and gang activities), police control of juveniles, diversionary juvenile justice, juvenile courts, house arrest, juvenile suicide, and violent juvenile offenders. References, footnotes, and tables