Juvenile Justice In America

About our authors Clemens Bartollas, PhD, is professor of sociology at the University of Northern Iowa. He holds a BA from Davis and Elkins College, a BD from Princeton Theological Seminary, an STM from San Francisco Theological Seminary and a PhD in sociology, with a special emphasis on criminology, from The Ohio State University. Dr. Bartollas taught at Pembroke State University from 1973 to 1975, at Sangamon State University from 1975 to 1980 and at the University of Northern Iowa from 1981 to the present. He has received honors at the University of Northern Iowa, including Distinguished Scholar, the Donald McKay Research Award and the Regents’ Award for Faculty Excellence. Dr. Bartollas, like his coauthor, is also the author of numerous articles and more than 30 books, including previous editions of Juvenile Delinquency (Allyn & Bacon, 2006), Juvenile Justice in America (with Stuart J. Miller; Prentice Hall, 2011) and Women and the Criminal Justice System (with Katherine Stuart van Wormer; Prentice Hall, 2011). Matthew Makarios, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology at the University of Northern Iowa. He received his BA in criminology from the University of Minnesota Duluth, his MA in criminal justice from Washington State University, and his PhD in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati.

1. Juvenile Justice
2. The Extent and Nature of Juvenile Crime
3. Causes of Juvenile Crime
4. Gender and Juvenile Justice
5. The Prevention of Delinquency
6. The Police
7. The Juvenile Court
8. Juveniles in Adult Court
9. Community Corrections
10. Juvenile Institutionalization
11. Juvenile Aftercare
12. Treatment Technologies
13. Juvenile Gangs
14. Drugs and Delinquency
15. Juvenile Justice in the Twenty-First Century