Juvenile Justice in America

PART I: INTRODUCTION

1.      Juvenile Justice: An Overview

2.      The Measurement of Juvenile Crime and Victimization

3.      Causes of Juvenile Crime

 

PART II: THE SYSTEM AND EARLY DECISION MAKING

4.      The Police

5.      The Juvenile Court

6.      The Juvenile Court: Trial and Disposition

7.      Juveniles in Adult Court

 

PART III: COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONS

8.      Juvenile Probation

9.      Community-Based Programs

 

PART IV: INSTITUTIONALIZATION

10.  Juvenile Institutionalization

11.  Juvenile Aftercare

12.  Treatment Technologies

 

PART V: TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE YOUTHFUL OFFENDER

13.  Juvenile Gangs

14.  Drugs and Youthful Offending

 

PART VI: THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE

15.  International Juvenile Justice

 

PART VII: THE FUTURE

16.  Juvenile Justice in the Twenty-First Century