Preston Elrod, PhD, School of Justice Studies, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY ; R. Scott Ryderm, JD, Tribal Court Administrator, Adjunct Faculty at Spring Arbor University, Kalamazoo, MI.
Fourth edition.
Burlington, MA :
Jones & Bartlett Learning,
[2014]
xvi, 522 pages :
illustrations ;
28 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The context of juvenile justice : defining basic concepts and examining public perceptions of juvenile crime -- Measuring the extent of juvenile delinquency -- Theory and research : the social context of juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice -- Early juvenile justice : before the juvenile court -- The development of the juvenile court -- Public and police responses to juvenile offenders -- Juvenile diversion -- Preadjudication processes in juvenile justice -- The transfer of juveniles to criminal court -- The contemporary juvenile court -- Community-based correctional programs for juvenile offenders -- Institutional corrections programs for juvenile offenders -- The status offender in juvenile justice -- Juvenile justice and the violent juvenile offender -- Present conditions and future directions in juvenile justice -- Working in juvenile justice.
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Juvenile justice, Administration of-- United States.