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JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM

NCJ Number
34466
Editor(s)
M W KLEIN
Date Published
1976
Length
287 pages
Annotation
THIS COLLECTION OF EIGHT PAPERS DEALS WITH THE ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
Abstract
TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE THE STATE-OF-THE-ART OF DELINQUENCY PREVENTION; THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHILDHOOD, DELINQUENCY, AND SOCIAL REFORM; INTERACTIONS BETWEEN COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, DELINQUENCY, AND SOCIAL POLICY IN THE INNER CITY; EVALUATING THE STRUCTURAL DIMENSIONS OF POLICE DIVERSION PROGRAMS; THE POLICE VIEW OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM; THE JUVENILE COURT JUDGE'S VIEW OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM; VARIETIES OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL APPROACHES, AND PREVALENCE AS A MEASURE OF DELINQUENCY.