From juvenile delinquency to adult crime : criminal careers, justice policy, and prevention
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press ,
c2012
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Criminal career patterns
- 3. Explanations for offending
- 4. Contextual influences
- 5. Special categories of serious violent and offenders: drug dealers, gang members, homicide offenders, and sex offenders
- 6. Prediction and risk/needs assessments
- 7. Legal boundaries between the juvenile and criminal justice systems in the United States
- 8. Young offenders and an effective justice system response: what happens, what should happen, and what we need to know
- 9. Promoting change, changing lives: effective prevention and intervention to reduce serious offending
- 10. European perspectives
- 11. Overview, conclusions, and key recommendations