Author: United States. Federal Bureau of InvestigationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Uniform Crime Reports for the United States
Author: United States. Federal Bureau of InvestigationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Uniform Crime Reports for the United States 1997
Author: Augustine J. KposowaPublisher:
ISBN: 9781579803667
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309172357
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Even though youth crime rates have fallen since the mid-1990s, public fear and political rhetoric over the issue have heightened. The Columbine shootings and other sensational incidents add to the furor. Often overlooked are the underlying problems of child poverty, social disadvantage, and the pitfalls inherent to adolescent decisionmaking that contribute to youth crime. From a policy standpoint, adolescent offenders are caught in the crossfire between nurturance of youth and punishment of criminals, between rehabilitation and "get tough" pronouncements. In the midst of this emotional debate, the National Research Council's Panel on Juvenile Crime steps forward with an authoritative review of the best available data and analysis. Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice presents recommendations for addressing the many aspects of America's youth crime problem. This timely release discusses patterns and trends in crimes by children and adolescentsâ€"trends revealed by arrest data, victim reports, and other sources; youth crime within general crime; and race and sex disparities. The book explores desistanceâ€"the probability that delinquency or criminal activities decrease with ageâ€"and evaluates different approaches to predicting future crime rates. Why do young people turn to delinquency? Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice presents what we know and what we urgently need to find out about contributing factors, ranging from prenatal care, differences in temperament, and family influences to the role of peer relationships, the impact of the school policies toward delinquency, and the broader influences of the neighborhood and community. Equally important, this book examines a range of solutions: Prevention and intervention efforts directed to individuals, peer groups, and families, as well as day care-, school- and community-based initiatives. Intervention within the juvenile justice system. Role of the police. Processing and detention of youth offenders. Transferring youths to the adult judicial system. Residential placement of juveniles. The book includes background on the American juvenile court system, useful comparisons with the juvenile justice systems of other nations, and other important information for assessing this problem.
School Violence
Author: John L. MicaPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0756718066
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Witnesses: Nelba Chavez, Admin., Sub. Abuse and Mental Health Serv. Admin.; William Modzeleski, Safe and Drug Free Schools Program, U.S. DoE; Charlie Condon, att. gen., S. Carolina; Gary Walker, Nat. Dist. Att. Assoc.; Reuben Greenberg, police chief, Charleston, SC; Kevin Dwyer, Nat. Assoc. of School Psychol.; James Baker, Inst. for Leg. Action, Nat. Rifle Assoc.; Jan Gallagher, Amer. School Counselor Assoc.; Bill Hall, super., Volusia Cnty. Schools, FL; Gary Fields, super., Zion-Benton Township H.S., IL; Clarence Cain, teacher, Crisis Resource, Maury Elem. School, Alex., VA; and Anthony Snead and Jeffrey Schurott, officers, Brag Corps, George Mason Elem. School.
Juvenile Justice
Author: Preston ElrodPublisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 9780834211490
Category : Juvenile delinquency
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Criminal Justice / Law Enforcement
Linking Uniform Crime Reporting data to other datasets
Author: Sue A. LindgrenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal records
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Critical Issues In Crime and Justice
Author: Albert R. RobertsPublisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761926863
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Critical Issues in Crime and Justice, Second Edition provides a comprehensive examination of current developments and controversies confronting the American criminal justice system. An overview of contemporary criminal justice trends provides the context for interpreting the critical issues raised throughout this engaging volume. Editor Albert R. Roberts and a prominent group of scholars and criminal justice professionals examine both the successes and failures of modern law enforcement, juvenile justice, the courts, and correctional systems. Developed for courses on Critical Issues in Criminal Justice, Special Issues in Criminal Justice, and Contemporary Topics in Criminal Justice, Critical Issues in Crime and Justice, Second Edition is also an excellent supplementary text for introductory Criminal Justice and related courses.
The Social Health of the Nation
Author: Marc MiringoffPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198030576
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
This book is written for people who are skeptical and uneasy when they hear politicians, economists, and reporters tell Americans "You're never had it so good" as they recite lists of leading economic indicators. The Social Health of a Nation, as its subtitle indicates, tell us, "How America is Really Doing." The facts in this book confirm what many American know intuitively - they are not better off now, not with income inequality at its worst level in fifty years, not with more and more Americans dropped from insurance rolls, not with thousands of Americans feeling the effects of corporate downsizing, not with real wages on a long term decline. This book provides the facts to see the rest of the picture, the condition of the American national spirit that can never be revealed by economic indicators alone. It also provides a forceful argument that, without the social side of the picture, Americans are in the dark about the nation's progress. This book as not an ideological tract, however. It's purpose is portrayal, not prescription. Not everything reported is bad news; an entire chapter is devoted to indicators of improving social performance. Because it does not advocate, for example, a return to big government or any quick-fix solution, this book will be welcomed by readers from all parts of the political spectrum or of no particular political persuasion. It will appeal to concerned individuals from business, government, clergy, and other professions, and to those who represent no interest group. It will also be widely used as supplemental text in a variety of sociology, economics, and political science courses. The Social Health of the Nation is written by two sociologists, Marc and Luisa Miringoff. Marc is currently the Professor of Social Welfare Policy at Fordham University Graduate Center, and the founder and Director of the Fordham Institute for Innovation in Social Policy. Luisa is Professor of Socioogy at Vassar College, where she has served as Department Chair and Director of its Urban Studies Program. Both earned Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago. Since 1987, Marc has headed a research team to develop the Index of Social Health, a nationally recognized social barometer that has been featured in ten New York Times and four Washington Post articles. This index has commanded increasingly large electronic and print media attention because of its powerful presentation of trends in family life, income, health, housing, child poverty, and other social indicators of everyday life in the United States. The Social Health of the Nation will include the previously unreleased and very newsworthy Index for 1998. But it will contain much more. Influenced by the effectiveness of the Index of Social Health, in the summer of 1996, the Ford Foundation approached the authors with a plan. Alarmed by a lack of government attention in the United States to monitoring the nation's social health, the Foundation had a vision of creating a book building on the Index of Social Health, to show what is needed to advance this field and deepen its impact. To that end, the Foundation provided financial assistance for the book's development by funding Miringoff's Fordham Institute for Innovation in Social Policy to convene a twenty-five member team, the Working Group on Social Indicators, including nationally known pollster, Daniel Yankelovich, and Director of Research and Vice President of CNN, Judy Milestone. Each member of the Working Group was motivated to improve social reporting in the United States. They came from the media, universities, and government, representing fields as diversse as law, medicine, sociology, and economics. The vision of the Ford Foundation, with the assistance of this working group, has now become a reality in The Social Health of the Nation, a nine chapter book written by Marc and Marque Luisa Miringoff. This book does show the other side of the Official Portrait of How America is Doing, providing comprehensive coverage of improving, shifting, and worsening social performance. It fills in the blanks after all the economic indicators are posted. The book contains surprises, the same kind that have been made the yearly release of the Social Index of Health a subject of media attention for twelve years, an index whose 1998 figures will be released exclusively in this book. While some of the indicators will shock, other will give reason for hope, as we see evidence of improved performance in unlikely places. For those whose livelihoods and well-being depend on the social health of the United States, this book provides the information necessary to find creative solutions for improved performance. For students in a wide range of courses this book will become required reading.
Crime in the United States (1999)
Author: Barry LeonardPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0756708176
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
Report of a nationwide, cooperative statistical effort of over 17,000 city, county, and state law enforcement agencies voluntarily reporting data on crimes brought to their attention. The Program's primary objective is to generate a reliable set of criminal statistics for use in law enforcement admin., operation, and mgmt.; however, its data have over the years become one of the country's leading social indicators. Sections: summary of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program; crime index offenses reported; crime index offenses cleared; persons arrested; the chances of lifetime murder victimization; law enforcement personnel; and appendices.
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