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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825723403321

Autore

Maxson Cheryl Lee

Titolo

Responding to troubled youth / / Cheryl L. Maxson & Malcolm W. Klein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-772040-4

1-280-52818-4

0-19-535689-6

1-4294-1462-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Studies in crime and public policy

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

364.3/6/0973

Soggetti

Status offenders - United States

Juvenile delinquency - United States - Prevention

Juvenile justice, Administration of - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-202) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Research Context; 2 Background Literature and Conceptual Approach; 3 Three Philosophies That Can Make a Difference; 4 Legislative Analysis, With Linda Szymanski; 5 Youth Service Delivery in Seven Cities; 6 State Mandates and Agency Service Delivery to Status Offenders, With Margaret A. Gordon; 7 Status Offenders in Three Contrasting Settings; 8 The Unserved Runaways in Three Cities, Margaret A. Little; 9 Runaway Services; Epilogue; Appendix A: Score Sheet for State Profile; Appendix B: Youth Services Survey; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An overview of the dominant philosophical approaches and practices used in handling status offenders - youths who habitually resist the control of their parents and schools. The three basic social philosophies in responding to these youths are the treatment, deterrence and normalization rationales.