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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778751003321

Titolo

Juvenile crime, juvenile justice [[electronic resource] /] / Joan McCord, Cathy Spatz Widom, and Nancy A. Crowell, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, c2001

ISBN

0-309-17235-7

0-309-50428-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (404 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

McCordJoan

WidomCathy Spatz <1945->

CrowellNancy A

Disciplina

364.36/0973

Soggetti

Juvenile delinquency - United States

Juvenile justice, Administration of - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Panel on juvenile crime: Prevention, treatment, and control, Committee on Law and Justice, and Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, and Institute of Medicine."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Patterns and Trends in Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice""; ""3 The Development of Delinquency""; ""4 Preventing Juvenile Crime""; ""5 The Juvenile Justice System""; ""6 Race, Crime, and Juvenile Justice: The Issue of Racial Disparity""; ""References""; ""APPENDIX A Definition of Offenses Used in Uniform Crime Reporting""; ""APPENDIX B The Indeterminacy of Forecasts of Crime Rates and Juvenile Offenses""; ""APPENDIX C Workshop Agendas""

""APPENDIX D Biographical Sketches""""Index""