| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 416 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Print and Online Resources for Juvenile Justice -- Internet Resources for Juvenile Justice |
| Summary |
From boot camps to truancy, this book provides more than 200 up-to-date and concise entries in a single, authoritative volume. The editors cover historical and contemporary theories, concepts, and real-world practices of juvenile justice in the United States. The entries address a broad range of issues and topics, such as alcohol and drug abuse, arson, the death penalty for juveniles, computer and Internet crime, gun violence, gangs, missing children, school violence, teen pregnancy, and delinquency theories. In addition, topics cover society's response to the problems of juvenile justice, punishments meted out to America's juvenile offenders, juvenile rehabilitation programs, and well-known researchers and professionals in the field |
| Bibliography |
"Internet resources for juvenile justice": pages 403-407 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States -- Encyclopedias
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Juvenile delinquency -- United States -- Encyclopedias
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Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation -- United States -- Encyclopedias
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Juvenile corrections -- United States -- Encyclopedias
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Juvenile corrections
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Juvenile delinquency
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Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation
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Juvenile justice, Administration of
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Jeugdcriminaliteit.
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
encyclopedias.
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Encyclopedias
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Encyclopedias.
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Encyclopédies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McShane, Marilyn D., 1956- editor.
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Williams, Franklin P., editor.
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| LC no. |
2002015866 |
| ISBN |
9781412950640 |
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1412950643 |
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9781452265278 |
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1452265275 |
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1849725896 |
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9781849725897 |
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