NCJ Number
34380
Date Published
1976
Length
215 pages
Annotation
THIS TEXTBOOK EXAMINES THE JUVENILE'S PERCEPTIONS OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE PROCESS AND THE IMPACT OF THE SYSTEM ON THE JUVENILE FOR EACH STAGE OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE PROCESS FROM INVESTIGATION TO DISPOSITION.
Abstract
THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THE PROCESS AND IMPACT OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM BY JUXTAPOSING EXPLANATIONS OF EACH STAGE OF THE PROCESS WITH NARRATIVE AND DIALOGUE BASED ON A SERIES OF FICTIONAL JUVENILE CASE HISTORIES. EACH OF THE FIVE CASE HISTORIES - THREE THAT FALL IN THE DELINQUENT CATEGORY AND TWO THAT ILLUSTRATE THE PLIGHT OF NEGLECTED AND ABUSED CHILDREN - REPRESENTS A COLLATION OF CHARACTERISTICS FROM HUNDREDS OF ACTUAL CASES. THE CASE HISTORIES TRACE THE LIVES OF THE FIVE JUVENILES FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH ENCOUNTERS WITH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND THE FINAL DISPOSITIONS. AMONG THE SPECIFIC TOPICS INVESTIGATED BY THE AUTHORS ARE DEFINITIONS OF DELINQUENCY; THE PROCESS OF JUVENILE INVESTIGATIONS; THE PURPOSES, OPERATIONS, AND IMPACT OF THE JUVENILE COURT; PROBATION SUPERVISION; JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS; AND THEORIES ON THE CAUSES OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY. PERSPECTIVES ON THE NEEDS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM ARE OFFERED IN THE FINAL CHAPTER. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)