The juvenile justice system : delinquency, processing, and the law / Dean John Champion, Alida V. Merlo, Peter J. Benekos.
Material type:
- 0132764466 : HRD
- 9780132764469
- 345.73/08
- KF9779 .C425 2013
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.
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