1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910822727003321

Titolo

Child delinquents [[electronic resource] ] : development, intervention, and service needs / / Rolf Loeber and David P. Farrington, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2001

ISBN

1-4522-2908-2

0-7619-2231-8

1-4522-6246-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxii, 495 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

LoeberRolf

FarringtonDavid P

Disciplina

364.36

Soggetti

Juvenile delinquency

Criminal behavior, Prediction of

Juvenile delinquents - Services for

Juvenile delinquency - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-471) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover            ; Contents               ; Foreword               ; Foreword               ; Preface              ; Executive Summary                        ; Chapter 1 - The Significance of Child Delinquency                                                        ; Part I - Epidemiology and Development of Child Delinquency                                                                 ; Chapter 2 - Epidemiology of Official Offending

Chapter 3 - Epidemiology of Self-Reported Delinquency                                                            Chapter 4 - Later Delinquency Careers                                            ; Chapter 5 - Epidemiology of Problem Behavior Up to Age 12 Years                                                                      ; Chapter 6 - Uncovering Preschool Precursors to Problem Behavior                                                                      ; Part II - Risk Factors and Interventions for Child Delinquency

Chapter 7 - Individual Risk and Protective Factors                                                         Chapter 8 - Family Risk Factors and Interventions                                                        ; Chapter 9 - Peer Factors and Interventions                                                 ; Chapter 10 - School and Community Risk Factors and Interventions                                                                       ; Chapter 11 - Ethnicity and Gender Issues

Part III - Mental Health, Child Welfare, and Juvenile Justice Interventions for Child Delinquents                                                                                                        



Chapter 12 - Mental Health, Education, Child Welfare, and Juvenile Justice Service Use                                                                                             ; Chapter 13 - Juvenile Justice Programs and Strategies                                                            ; Chapter 14 - Legal Issues

Chapter 15 - Economic Costs and Benefits of Early Developmental Prevention                                                                                 Part IV - Conclusion                           ; Chapter 16 - Summary of Key Conclusions                                              ; Chapter 17 - Key Research and Policy Issues                                                  ; Appendixes                 ; A. Risk/Needs Assessment and Screening Devices

B. Children Under Age 12 Years Who Commit Offenses: Canadian Legal and Treatment Approaches

Sommario/riassunto

Presenting empirically derived insights, 'Child Delinquents' is the definitive statement to date on the working knowledge of prevalence, development, risk and protective factors, and optimal intervention with pre-teen offenders. This book is aimed at researchers, scholars, psychiatrists, and practitioners at the administrative level.