Contributors describe proven ways to reduce juvenile delinquency by targeting specific risk factors and strengthening young people's personal, family, and community resources. Thorough yet concise, the book reviews exemplary programs and discusses theoretical, empirical, and practical issues in assessment and intervention. It also provides best-practice recommendations for working with special populations: violent offenders; gang members; sexual offenders; youth with mental health, substance abuse, educational, and learning problems; and female offenders. --from publisher description.
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Title
Treating the juvenile offender.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Juvenile delinquency-- Treatment-- United States.
Juvenile delinquency-- United States-- Prevention.
Problem youth-- United States-- Psychology.
71.65 criminality as a social problem.
Behandeling.
Jeugdcriminaliteit.
Jugendkriminalität.
Jugendlicher Täter.
Jugendpsychotherapie.
Juvenile delinquency prevention programs-- United States of America.
Juvenile delinquency prevention-- United States of America.
Juvenile delinquency-- Prevention.
Juvenile delinquency-- Treatment-- United States.
Juvenile delinquency-- United States-- Prevention.