Author: Dean J. ChampionPublisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
"The Juvenile Justice System, Fourth Edition" offers an up-to-date presentation of the juvenile justice system in the United States. This book also features: Up-to-date and interesting box materials supplementing text, featuring key topics and contemporary themes of different aspects of juvenile justice, including school violence, drugs, and psychologically disturbed youths Interesting personality highlights of practitioners in the field who comment on their experiences with the juvenile justice system Complete discussion of the juvenile justice system from arrest through intake, prosecution, adjudication, and dispositions Complete discussion of the legal rights of juveniles including all landmark cases Elaborate description of how juvenile offenders are classified and processed, including the status offender/delinquent distinction and the deinstitutionalization movement Comprehensive discussion of juvenile corrections including community correctional strategies and programs Extensive discussion of police-juvenile relations and law enforcement options relating to juvenile offenders Coverage of classification systems for- juvenile offenders and the decision making process relating to their placement in community or secure care Discussion of the jail removal initiative and events related to housing juveniles in adult jails and prisons Elaborate discussion of the death penalty as applied to juveniles who commit capital murder Most extensive, accurate, and up-to-date description of types of waivers, transfers, and certification proceedings against juveniles and how these proceduresinterface with the criminal justice system Extensive explanation and description of contemporary blended sentencing statutes and recent changes concerning how violent juvenile offenders are processed
