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Juvenile Justice System, The: Delinquency, Processing, and the Law

by: Champion, Dean John

Juvenile Justice System, The: Delinquency, Processing, and the Law

by: Champion, Dean John

ISBN 13:
9780131122871
ISBN 10:
0131122878
Edition: 4th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 01/01/2004
Publisher: Pearson College Div
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Summary

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

Author Biography

Dean John Champion is Professor of Criminal Justice, Texas A & M International University, Laredo, Texas.

I. THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, MEASURING DELINQUENCY, AND DELINQUENCY THEORIES.

1. An Introduction to Juvenile Justice in the United States.
2. Measuring Delinquency: Types of Offenders and Trends.
3. Theories of Delinquency.
4. An Overview of the Juvenile Justice System.

II. THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF JUVENILES AND PREADJUDICATORY PROCESSING.

5. The Legal Rights of Juveniles.
6. Juveniles and the Police.
7. Intake and Preadjudicatory Processing.

III. PROSECUTORIAL DECISION MAKING, CLASSIFICATION, AND THE ADJUDICATORY PROCESS.

8. Prosecutorial Decision Making in Juvenile Justice.
9. Classification and Preliminary Treatment: Waivers and Other Alternatives.
10. The Adjudicatory Process: Dispositional Alternatives.

IV. JUVENILE DISPOSITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.

11. Nominal Sanctions: Warnings, Diversion, and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
12. Juvenile Probation and Intermediate Punishments.
13. Juvenile Corrections: Custodial Sanctions and Parole.
Glossary.
References.
Name Index.
Subject Index.
Case Index.

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