Created as an alternative to the punishment-oriented criminal justice system, the juvenile
court is a unique American invention that has been replicated around the world. But to say …

Part One examines the social context of the correctional system. Chapter 1 asks the question
“What is corrections?” and examines the purposes of corrections within the criminal justice …

The rate of youth with mental health needs is disproportionately high in juvenile justice.
Wraparound planning involves families and providers in coordinating juvenile justice …

In recent years, the sustained criticism leveled at juvenile rehabilitation has raised the
question of whether the public continues to endorse the correctional policy of saving youthful …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to (a) evaluate the relative effectiveness of
wraparound services versus conventional services for juvenile delinquent youth and (b) …

Research Summary For more than three decades, the penal harm movement, which
involves “get tough” ideology and policies, has held sway over US corrections. Scholars …

Juvenile Justice: An Introduction, Tenth Edition, presents a comprehensive picture of
juvenile offending, delinquency theories, and the ways juvenile justice actors and agencies …

Existing research on the criteria used by juvenile court judges in choosing dispositions is
limited in two respects. First, the predictor variables included in most investigations have …

The present study explores individuals' desires for social distance from violent versus non-
violent offenders and investigates whether disclosure of the offender's therapy completion …

Justice reinvestment strategies have been proposed to allow financial resources originally
allocated for imprisonment to be reinvested into community-based alternatives. According to …