Juvenile Justice by L Winfree

Juvenile Justice by L Winfree

Balanced presentation touches on political science, public administration, sociology, criminology, and criminal justice

Key terms, defined in the margins

Comprehensive glossary, to learn and review terminology

Critical thinking questions end each chapter

• classroom discussions
• small group exercises
• individual review

Thoroughly updated, the revised Third Edition presents

• Latest trends in juvenile justice, supported by the most recent data sources available
• Cutting-edge chapter on non-delinquent children in the juvenile justice system (dependent, neglected, and abused children)
• Chapter on delinquency prevention, including a review of what works to reduce delinquency and related problematic youth behavior
• Chapter on gangs expanded to a broader discussion of juvenile violence

G. Larry Mays is Regents Professor Emeritus at New Mexico State University, USA. He has published more than 100 journal articles, practitioner texts, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries. The author of Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice (Wiley, 1987), his recent publications include American Courts and the Judicial Process (2012), and Do the Crime, Do the Time (2012). Professor Mays has received numerous accolades, including the Carnegie Foundation's Professor of the Year award for the state of New Mexico, and is a life member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and a member of the American Society of Criminology.

L. Thomas Winfree, Jr. is Visiting Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University, USA, and formerly Professor of Criminal Justice at New Mexico State University, USA. A sociologist with four decades of experience researching and writing about correctional institutions, probation and parole, juvenile justice, and criminological theory, Professor Winfree is author or co-author of more than 120 scholarly articles and book chapters, as well as four textbooks in many editions. His publications include Crime and Justice: An Introduction (1992), Understanding Crime: Essentials of Criminological Theory (third edition, 2010), and Juvenile Justice (fourth edition, 2012). He is a member of the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

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ISBN 13	9780735507685
ISBN 10	0735507686
Title	Juvenile Justice
Author	L Winfree
Series	Aspen Criminal Justice
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Aspen Publishers Inc.,U.S.
Year published	2011-10-18
Number of pages	528
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