Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
Federal Register
Author: Document Retrieval Index
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
A Typology of Caused-focused Strategies of Delinquency Prevention
Author: National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Reforming Juvenile Justice
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309278937
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
Adolescence is a distinct, yet transient, period of development between childhood and adulthood characterized by increased experimentation and risk-taking, a tendency to discount long-term consequences, and heightened sensitivity to peers and other social influences. A key function of adolescence is developing an integrated sense of self, including individualization, separation from parents, and personal identity. Experimentation and novelty-seeking behavior, such as alcohol and drug use, unsafe sex, and reckless driving, are thought to serve a number of adaptive functions despite their risks. Research indicates that for most youth, the period of risky experimentation does not extend beyond adolescence, ceasing as identity becomes settled with maturity. Much adolescent involvement in criminal activity is part of the normal developmental process of identity formation and most adolescents will mature out of these tendencies. Evidence of significant changes in brain structure and function during adolescence strongly suggests that these cognitive tendencies characteristic of adolescents are associated with biological immaturity of the brain and with an imbalance among developing brain systems. This imbalance model implies dual systems: one involved in cognitive and behavioral control and one involved in socio-emotional processes. Accordingly adolescents lack mature capacity for self-regulations because the brain system that influences pleasure-seeking and emotional reactivity develops more rapidly than the brain system that supports self-control. This knowledge of adolescent development has underscored important differences between adults and adolescents with direct bearing on the design and operation of the justice system, raising doubts about the core assumptions driving the criminalization of juvenile justice policy in the late decades of the 20th century. It was in this context that the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) asked the National Research Council to convene a committee to conduct a study of juvenile justice reform. The goal of Reforming Juvenile Justice: A Developmental Approach was to review recent advances in behavioral and neuroscience research and draw out the implications of this knowledge for juvenile justice reform, to assess the new generation of reform activities occurring in the United States, and to assess the performance of OJJDP in carrying out its statutory mission as well as its potential role in supporting scientifically based reform efforts.
Juvenile Sex Offenders
Author: Eileen P. RyanPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195393309
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This text introduces clinicians to the challenging task of performing mental health evaluations for youth who have committed sexual offenses or have engaged in sexually abusive behavior.
Identifying and Treating Youth who Sexually Offend
Author: Kristina Crumpton FraneyPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780789027870
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
This book is designed to assist professionals working with youth who sexually offend. A distinguished panel of experts discusses the latest research and provides essential theory, techniques, and practical guidelines for the assessment and treatment of this challenging population.
Dissertation Abstracts International
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Juvenile Delinquency
Author: Donald J. ShoemakerPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 074254706X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Juvenile Delinquency offers a timely and comprehensive look at the issues of criminal behavior and justice related to young persons. In this highly readable text, Donald J. Shoemaker grounds his readers with a historical perspective, then presents a series of sharply focused chapters on schooling, religion, and family, as well as sections on drug use, gangs, and female delinquency. With a strong emphasis on the importance of theory and practice, Juvenile Delinquency is a must read for understanding crime and youth culture.
Testing a New Typology of Juvenile Offenders
Author: Margo GardnerPublisher:
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Category : Juvenile delinquents
Languages : en
Pages : 568
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RSA Research Information System Abstracts
Author: United States. Rehabilitation Services AdministrationPublisher:
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Category : Rehabilitation
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description