The juvenile justice system : delinquency, processing, and the law /
Champion, Dean J.
The juvenile justice system : delinquency, processing, and the law / Dean John Champion, Alida V. Merlo, Peter J. Benekos. - 7th ed. - Boston : Pearson, c2013. - xx, 549 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
An overview of juvenile justice in the United States -- The history of juvenile justice and origins of the juvenile court -- Theories of delinquency and intervention programs -- The legal rights of juveniles -- Juveniles and the police -- Intake and preadjudicatory processing -- Prosecutorial decision making in juvenile justice -- Classification and preliminary treatment : waivers and other alternatives -- The adjudicatory process : dispositional alternatives -- Nominal sanctions : warnings, diversion, and alternative dispute resolution -- Juvenile probation and community-based corrections -- Juvenile corrections : custodial sanctions and parole.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
0132764466 : HRD $138.67 9780132764469
Prentice Hall, C/O Pearson Education Order Dept 135 S Mount Zion rd, Lebanon, IN, USA, 46052 SAN 200-2175
Juvenile justice, Administration of--United States.
Juvenile courts--United States.
KF9779 / .C425 2013
345.73/08
The juvenile justice system : delinquency, processing, and the law / Dean John Champion, Alida V. Merlo, Peter J. Benekos. - 7th ed. - Boston : Pearson, c2013. - xx, 549 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
An overview of juvenile justice in the United States -- The history of juvenile justice and origins of the juvenile court -- Theories of delinquency and intervention programs -- The legal rights of juveniles -- Juveniles and the police -- Intake and preadjudicatory processing -- Prosecutorial decision making in juvenile justice -- Classification and preliminary treatment : waivers and other alternatives -- The adjudicatory process : dispositional alternatives -- Nominal sanctions : warnings, diversion, and alternative dispute resolution -- Juvenile probation and community-based corrections -- Juvenile corrections : custodial sanctions and parole.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
0132764466 : HRD $138.67 9780132764469
Prentice Hall, C/O Pearson Education Order Dept 135 S Mount Zion rd, Lebanon, IN, USA, 46052 SAN 200-2175
Juvenile justice, Administration of--United States.
Juvenile courts--United States.
KF9779 / .C425 2013
345.73/08