Kids Who Commit Adult Crimes : Serious Criminality by Juvenile Offenders.

Kids Who Commit Adult Crimes : Serious Criminality by Juvenile Offenders.

Examine the factors that contribute to increasingly violent youth crimes in the United States!Kids Who Commit Adult Crimes: Serious Criminality by Juvenile Offenders is an examination of today's serious, chronic, and violent youthful offender. This vital book explores the relationship between y...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Flowers, R. Barri
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Binghamton : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Subjects:
Juvenile delinquency > United States.
Juvenile justice, Administration of > United States.
Juvenile delinquents > United States > Psychology.
Juvenile delinquency
Juvenile delinquents > Psychology
Juvenile justice, Administration of
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Kids Who Commit Adult Crimes Serious Criminality; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Exploring Juvenile Crime; Chapter 1. The Magnitude of Juvenile Crime; Defining Juvenile Crime and Delinquency; The Nature of Juvenile Offenses; Measuring the Extent of Juvenile Crime; Official Arrest Statistics; Victimization Surveys; Self-Report Surveys; Chapter 2. Youth and Violence; Trends in Juvenile Arrests for Crimes of Violence; Firearms and Youth Violence; The Dynamics of Violent Juvenile Offending; Characteristics of Violent Juveniles; Victims of Juvenile Violence.
  • Theories on Violent Juvenile OffendingChapter 3. Kids, Drugs, and Crime; Juveniles and Drug Use; Juveniles and Alcohol Use; Juvenile Substance Abuse and Other Delinquent Behavior; Chapter 4. School Crime and Violence; Shootings and Fatalities at Schools; The Extent of School Crime; Dynamics of School Crime; Chapter 5. Youth Gangs, Criminality, and Violence; What Is a Youth Gang?; The Extent of Youth Gangs and Their Membership; Characteristics of Youth Gang Members; Youth Gangs, Crime, and Violence; Youth Gang Theories; Chapter 6. Dating Violence; The Dynamics of Dating Violence.
  • The Characteristics of Teen Dating ViolenceTeen Date Rape; What Causes Dating Violence?; Chapter 7. Family Violence; Dynamics of Family Violence; Kids and Domestic Homicides; Sibling Violence; Parent Battering; Grandparent Battering; Causes of Family Violence; Part II: Explaining Juvenile Crime; Chapter 8. Biological Perspectives on Delinquent Behavior; Early Biological Theories on Delinquency; Contemporary Biological Research on Delinquency; Chapter 9. Psychological Perspectives on Delinquency; Psychoanalytic Theories and Delinquency; Personality Disorder Theories and Delinquency.
  • Psychiatric Theories and Concepts of DelinquencyChapter 10. Sociological Perspectives on Delinquent Behavior; Social Control Theories and Delinquency; Strain Theories and Delinquency; Cultural Transmission Theories and Delinquency; Critical Criminology Theories and Delinquency; Chapter 11. Intrafamilial Causes and Correlates of Juvenile Delinquency; Child Maltreatment and Delinquency; Intergenerational Violence, Child Abuse, and Delinquency; Broken Homes and Delinquent Behavior; Familial Factors and Delinquency; Part III: Juvenile Crime and the Justice System.
  • Chapter 12. The Police and Juvenile CriminalsPolice and Juvenile Arrests; Police Contact with the Juvenile Offender; Police Discretion and the Juvenile Offender; Youth Attitudes Toward Police; Chapter 13. Juvenile Offenders and the Juvenile and Adult Courts; The Origins of the Juvenile Justice System; U.S. Supreme Court Cases and Juvenile Justice; The Juvenile Court and Serious Juvenile Offenders; The Criminal Court and Serious Juvenile Offenders; Chapter 14. Juveniles in Custody and Confinement; Juvenile Offenders in Adult Correctional Facilities.

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