Preventing and Reducing Juvenile Delinquency: A Comprehensive Framework

The Second Edition of Preventing and Reducing Juvenile Delinquency: A Comprehensive Framework aims to inform students about the latest research and the most promising and effective programs and provides a wealth of information for understanding, preventing and controlling juvenile delinquency.

Key Features

• Examines the history of current juvenile justice system policies and practices, including the juvenile violence "epidemic"
• Discusses key myths about juvenile violence and the ability of the juvenile justice system to handle modern-day juvenile delinquents
• Applies developmental theories of juvenile delinquency to understanding how juvenile offender careers evolve
• Reviews effective prevention and rehabilitation programs and what does not work
• Presents a comprehensive framework for building a continuum of effective programs

Intended Audience: This is an ideal supplementary text for undergraduate and graduate courses in juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, and violent offender intervention courses. It is also essential reading for juvenile justice and social services research and development specialists.

Focusing on the strengths and weaknesses of the juvenile court system in the United States, this textbook presents recent research findings and examines innovative programs for the study, prevention, and control of juvenile delinquency. The book is intended for students preparing for careers in justice or social work. Howell is a researcher with the National Youth Gang Center. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

James C. (Buddy) Howell, Ph.D., worked at the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) in the U.S. Department of Justice for 21 years, mostly as Director of Research and Program Development. He also was also Director, National Institute of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and Deputy Administrator of OJJDP. He currently is Senior Research Associate with the National Youth Gang Center in Tallahassee, Florida and Special Advisor to the Life History Research Program at the University of Pittsburgh. He is an associate editor of the journal Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, and author of the book, Juvenile Justice and Youth Violence (Sage), and lead editor of A Sourcebook: Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders (Sage). Some of his more than 70 published works have appeared in Crime & Delinquency, Criminology, the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, and Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. Dr. Howell is very active in helping States and localities reform their juvenile justice system and employ evidence-based programs, and in working with these entities in addressing youth gang problems in a balanced approach.