’The contributors consistently present complex material with a readable style relatively free of technical jargon. Accordingly, this outstanding reference work is highly recommended for school and public library collections, as well as academic libraries and criminal justice collections.’
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’There is no comparable work. Useful for anyone doing research in the field of juvenile justice. Highly recommended.’
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From boot camps to truancy, the Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justic e provides more than 200 up-to-date, concise, and readable entries in a single, authoritative volume. The editors, noted authors of several criminal justice books and editors of the award-winning Encyclopedia of Prisons, cover historical and contemporary theories, concepts, and real-world practices of juvenile justice in the United States.
The entries address a broad range of issues and topics, such as alcohol and drug abuse, arson, the death penalty for juveniles, computer and Internet crime, gun violence, gangs, missing children, school violence, teen pregnancy, and delinquency theories. In addition, topics cover society′s response to the problems of juvenile justice, punishments meted out to America′s juvenile offenders, juvenile rehabilitation programs, and well-known researchers and professionals in the field.
Key Features
- More than 200 articles, written by a stellar collection of academic theorists and real-world practitioners
- Complete review of the complicated juvenile legal and court system, juvenile punishment, rehabilitation efforts, and legislation
- Extensive entries on child and adolescent crimes, pathologies, and problems
- Coverage of psychological, biological, and sociological theories of delinquency, as well as historic ’body type’ theories
- Addresses such historical topics as the deinstitutionalization movement, the Chicago Area Project, and the Provo Experiment
- Profiles historic theorists and policymakers in juvenile justice
- Includes a special appendix on print and electronic resources on juvenile justice
- Comprehensive index, including a reader′s guide that facilitates browsing and offers easy access to information
Recommended Libraries
Public, academic, school, law/legal, special, and private/corporate
Innehållsförteckning
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Appendix: Print and Electronic Resources on Juvenile Justice
Om författaren
Franklin P. Williams III
Professor of Juvenile Justice, Prairie View A&M University
Professor Emeritus, California State University, San Bernardino
Ph.D. (1976) Florida State University
Specialization: Criminological theory, corrections, fear of crime, drug abuse, methodology and statistics.
Dr. Williams has taught at departments in five universities and has published a substantial number of articles, research monographs and government reports, and books. He has served as a department chair (Cal State, San Bernardino), Assistant Director for Research (Sam Houston State), Coordinator of the Doctoral Program (Prairie View A&M) and directed numerous research projects and two centers. He has served on or been elected to the boards of national scholarly organizations, chaired a major division of a national organization, and chaired/served on numerous national/regional committees. He has been an editor or deputy/associate editor for several journals and publisher’s book and monograph series. He is currently serving as co-editor of two book series, an encyclopedia, and is beginning work on the fourth edition of a popular theory textbook (with over 100 articles, books, and reports published). His most recent book is Imagining Criminology.
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