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The author explores critical issues such as the rates of delinquency among Black youths, explanations of delinquency, and the juvenile justice system's treatment of Black youths, as well as the policy implications for designing culturally sensitive and effective delinquency treatment and prevention programs.

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Here, Myers examines the demographic, legal, criminal, and social characteristics of those youth who are waived to adult courts, assessing the nature, use, and effectiveness of punishment and rehabilitation efforts in modern juvenile and criminal justice systems.

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Why are more young law breakers imprisoned in Russia and the UK than in any other European country This book explores the treatment of young offenders in these two very different states and the political and institutional context of their distinctively punitive approach.

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Based on a study of three Texan counties, this work examines the idea of differential handling of minority youth offenders. It finds that minorities are represented in the juvenile justice system in greater numbers than majority offenders due to their greater involvement in criminal activity.

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The book addresses the consequences of criminalization, the effectiveness of the measures used and the implications for attitudes towards the young.

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From concerns about juveniles' incorrigibility at the turn of the century to school violence in the 1990s, adults have attempted to understand, control, and prevent juvenile violence. Yet, juvenile violence takes many forms, including both violence by juveniles and violence against juveniles, and has various causes and consequences.

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A nonfiction work of narrative essays about juveniles sentenced to adult prison, giving a human face not only to the inmates but also to everyone else in their world (from corrections officers to doctors to family members), illuminating prison life, and calling into question the increasing practice of sentencing juveniles as adults.

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A study of juvenile delinquency and the treatment practice of the courts in different areas of England and Wales.

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Despite the fact that media bombard the public with the notion that sex offenders are everywhere-and could be just next doorofficial sources show that official sex offense rates have been steadily declining over the past 10 years.

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Despite the fact that media bombard the public with the notion that sex offenders are everywhere-and could be just next doorofficial sources show that official sex offense rates have been steadily declining over the past 10 years.

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This book brings together criminologists, educationalists, psychologists and philosophers to address important questions on juvenile justice.

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This book provides an up to date and critical account of recent developments in criminal justice which reflect restorative justice principles.

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This book provides an up to date and critical account of recent developments in criminal justice which reflect restorative justice principles.

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An uncompromising look at the rise of violent crimes by America's children and the steps parents, teachers and mentors can take to save our children.

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Howard Williamson's 'Five Years' was a ground-breaking study of youth, poverty and crime in the 1970s. At its close, the boys he interviewed were left with few prospects and bleak futures.

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Howard Williamson's 'Five Years' was a ground-breaking study of youth, poverty and crime in the 1970s. At its close, the boys he interviewed were left with few prospects and bleak futures.

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This book provides a comprehensive, cutting-edge look at the problems that impact the way we conduct intervention and treatment for youth in crisis today-an indispensable resource for practitioners, students, researchers, policymakers, and faculty working in the area of juvenile justice.

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ALL DAY is a behind-the-bars, personal glimpse into the issue of mass incarceration via an unpredictable, insightful and ultimately hopeful reflection on teaching teens while they await sentencing.

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One man's nuanced perspective on a unique group of young people who have crossed over to the other side of their own humanity.

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