Rent 9780130166395 | The Juvenile Justice System: Deliquency, Processing and the Law

Summary Table of Contents

For introductory courses in Juvenile Justice. This text provides a complete, in-depth overview of all phases of the contemporary juvenile justice system. It examines the nature of delinquency, classifications of juvenile offenders, alternative explanations for juvenile misconduct, juvenile courts and juvenile rights, and corrections.

Preface

xiii

About the Author

xvii

An Introduction to Juvenile Justice in the United States

(39)

Introduction

... MORE

(5)

The History of Juvenile Courts

(16)

Who Are Juvenile Offenders?

(2)

Parens Patriae

(1)

Modern Interpretations of Parens Patriae

(2)

Juvenile and Criminal Courts: Some Preliminary Distinctions

(4)

Alternative Philosophies for Managing Juvenile Offenders

(8)

Measuring Delinquency: Types of Offenders and Trends

(49)

Introduction

(2)

Delinquency: Definitions and Distinctions

(7)

Status Offenders and Delinquent Offenders

(4)

The Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenses

(7)

The Uniform Crime Reports and National Crime Victimization Survey

(7)

Other Sources

(4)

Violence and Nonviolence: Career Escalation?

(9)

Female versus Male Delinquency: Cataloging the Differences

(8)

An Overview of the Juvenile Justice System

(29)

Introduction

(2)

The Criminal Justice System

(12)

Arrest and Identification

104

(2)

Classification and Preliminary Disposition

106

(2)

Establishing Jurisdiction

108

(1)

Intake

109

(1)

Alternative Prosecutorial Actions

110

(1)

Adjudicatory Proceedings

110

(2)

Juvenile Dispositions

112

(2)

Juvenile Corrections

114

(4)

Juveniles and the Police

118

(40)

Introduction

119

(2)

Police Discretion: Use and Abuse

121

(12)

Arrests of Juveniles

133

(5)

Status Offenders and Juvenile Delinquents

138

(3)

Divestiture and Its Implications: Net-Widening

141

(4)

Redefining Delinquency

145

(2)

Delinquency Prevention Programs and Police Interventions

147

(11)

Intake and Preadjudicatory Processing

158

(45)

Introduction

159

(1)

What is Intake?

160

(6)

Intake Proceedings: Where Do We Go from Here?

166

(4)

Models for Dealing with Juvenile Offenders

170

(12)

Legal Factors: Offense Seriousness, Type of Crime Committed, Evidence, and Prior Record

182

(6)

Extralegal Factors: Age, Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status of Juvenile Offenders

188

(8)

Preliminary Decision Making: Diversion and Other Options

196

(3)

Assessment of Guardianship

199

(4)

Classification and Preliminary Treatment: Waivers and Other Alternatives

203

(54)

Introduction

204

(3)

Seriousness of the Offense, Offender Characteristics, and Waiver Decision Making

207

(20)

Types of Waivers

227

(4)

Waiver and Reverse Waiver Hearings

231

(3)

Implications of Waiver Hearings for Juveniles

234

(6)

Defense and Prosecutorial Considerations Relating to Waivers

240

(7)

Waiver patterns and Trends

247

(10)

Prosecutorial Decision Making in Juvenile Justice

257

(34)

Introduction

258

(2)

Public Defenders for Juveniles

260

(4)

The Changing Prosecutorial Role in Juvenile Matters

264

(11)

The Speedy Trial Rights of Juveniles

275

(2)

The Advocacy Role of Defense Attorneys

277

(14)

The Adjudicatory Process: Dispositional Alternatives

291

(59)

Introduction

292

(1)

The Nature of the Offense

293

(2)

First-Offender or Repeat Offender?

295

(7)

Aggravating and Mitigating Circumstances

302

(7)

Juvenile Risk Assessments and Predictions of Dangerousness

309

(27)

Predisposition Reports

336

(8)

The Judicial Decision

344

(1)

Implications of the Judicial Decision for Juvenile Offenders

345

(5)

The Legal Rights of Juveniles

350

(52)

Introduction

351

(2)

Original Juvenile Jurisdiction: Parens Patriae

353

(3)

Landmark Cases in Juvenile Justice

356

(12)

Implications for Juveniles

368

(12)

The Death Penalty for Juveniles

380

(8)

U.S. Supreme Court Death Penalty Cases

388

(6)

Identification of At-Risk Juveniles

394

(1)

Unification of Criminal and Juvenile Courts

395

(7)

Nominal Sanctions: Warnings, Diversion, and Alternative Dispute Resolution

402

(26)

Introduction

403

(1)

Nominal Dispositions Defined

404

(1)

Diversion

405

(5)

Diversion Programs for Juveniles

410

(6)

Implications of Diversion Programs for Juveniles

416

(2)

Teen Courts

418

(5)

Day Treatment Centers

423

(1)

Alternative Dispute Resolution

424

(4)

Juvenile Probation and Community-Based Corrections

428

(64)

Introduction

429

(2)

Standard Probation for Juveniles

431

(7)

The Success of Standard Juvenile Probation

438

(4)

Intermediate Punishments for Juvenile Offenders

442

(5)

Intensive Supervised Probation (ISP) for Juveniles

447

(9)

Strengths and Weaknesses of ISP Programs

456

(1)

Case Supervision Planning

457

(5)

Community-Based Alternatives

462

(9)

Electronic Monitoring

471

(6)

Home Confinement or House Arrest

477

(3)

Shock Probation

480

(2)

Boot Camps

482

(5)

Other ISP Program Conditions

487

(5)

Juvenile Corrections: Custodial Sanctions and Parole

492

(53)

Introduction

493

(2)

Goals of Juvenile Corrections

495

(3)

Current Juvenile Custodial Alternatives

498

(11)

Nonsecure Confinement

509

(1)

Secure Confinement: Variations

509

(10)

Juvenile Parole

519

(5)

Recidivism and Parole Revocation

524

(6)

Examples of Probation and Parole Revocation for Juveniles

530

(4)

Selected issues in Juvenile Corrections

534

(11)

Glossary

545

(34)

References

579

(34)

Name Index

613

(10)

Subject Index

623

(12)

Case Index

635

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