Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders: A Sourcebook - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803974329 ISBN 13: 9780803974326

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1995

Synopsis

Taking the US Justice Department′s Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent and Chronic Juvenile Offenders as a starting point, a group of the most respected experts in the field set out an approach to preventing, treating and controlling serious juvenile criminal behaviour.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. James C. (Buddy) Howell is a Senior Research Associate with the National Gang Center, in Tallahassee, Florida, where he has worked for over twenty years. He formerly worked at the U.S. Department of Justice for 23 years, mostly as director of research and program development in the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. He has published over 50 works on youth and street gangs, and a similar number on juvenile justice and delinquency prevention, and seven books on both topics. His gang publication topics include street gang history; gang homicides; drug trafficking; gangs in schools; hybrid gangs; myths about gangs; risk factors; gang problem trends; gang history in the United States; and what works in preventing gang activity, combating gangs, and reducing gang crime. He is very active in helping states and localities reform their juvenile justice systems and use evidence-based programs, and in working with these entities to address youth gang problems in a balanced approach.

 

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0803974329
• ISBN 13: 9780803974326
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Howell James C., Krisberg Barry A., Hawkins J David, Wilson John J.