Intervention Strategies for Chronic Juvenile Offenders - (Contributions in Criminology and Penology) by Unknown (Hardcover)

About the Book

Today juvenile delinquents are viewed and treated much like adult criminals. The goal of rehabilitating and reforming youthful offenders--once the primary function of juvenile courts--has largely been abandoned in the past decade in favor of a punishment-orientation that includes extended periods of incarceration. This study, written by a distinguished group of criminologists, legal experts, and social scientists, attempts to determine the reasons for the decline in interest in rehabilitation, what can be done to revive it, and whether rehabilitation is ultimately a practical approach to the problem of juvenile crime.

Book Synopsis

Today juvenile delinquents are viewed and treated much like adult criminals. The goal of rehabilitating and reforming youthful offenders--once the primary function of juvenile courts--has largely been abandoned in the past decade in favor of a punishment-orientation that includes extended periods of incarceration. This study, written by a distinguished group of criminologists, legal experts, and social scientists, attempts to determine the reasons for the decline in interest in rehabilitation, what can be done to revive it, and whether rehabilitation is ultimately a practical approach to the problem of juvenile crime.

Review Quotes

?This collection of papers reflects much of the work on intervention strategies for delinquents which has been done at the Rand Corporation in recent years. . . . The book will be a useful collection. . .?-Department of Sociology University of Alberta

"This collection of papers reflects much of the work on intervention strategies for delinquents which has been done at the Rand Corporation in recent years. . . . The book will be a useful collection. . ."-Department of Sociology University of Alberta

About the Author

eenwood /f Peter /i W. /r ed.