Serious & violent juvenile offenders : risk factors and successful interventions / Rolf Loeber, David P. Farrington, editors.

Other author Loeber, Rolf.
Other author Farrington, David P.
Format Book
Publication InfoThousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©1998.
Descriptionxxv, 507 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Subjects
Juvenile delinquency--United States. --Prevention.
Deviant behavior--United States. --Prevention.
Violent crimes--United States. --Prevention.
At-risk youth--Behavior modification. --United States.

Variant title Serious and violent juvenile offenders
Contents Serious and violent juvenile offenders / Rolf Loeber, David P. Farrington, & Daniel A. Waschbusch -- Race, ethnicity, and serious juvenile offending / Darnell F. Hawkins, John H. Laub, & Janet L. Lauritsen -- The contemporaneous co-occurrence of serious and violent juvenile offending and other problem behaviors / David Huizinga & Cynthia Jakob-Chien -- Development of serious and violent offending careers / Patrick H. Tolan & Deborah Gorman-Smith -- Predictors of violent or serious delinquency in adolescence and early adulthood : a synthesis of longitudinal research / Mark W. Lipsey & James H. Derzon -- A review of predictors of youth violence / J. David Hawkins ... [et al.] -- Membership in youth gangs and involvement in serious and violent offending / Terence P. Thornberry -- Screening of serious and violent juvenile offenders : identification, classification, and prediction / Marc Le Blanc -- The prevention of serious and violent juvenile offending / Gail A. Wasserman & Laurie S. Miller -- Comprehensive community- and school-based interventions to prevent antisocial behavior / Richard F. Catalano ... [et al.] -- Promising programs for youth gang violence prevention and intervention / James C. Howell -- Effective intervention for serious juvenile offenders : a synthesis of research / Mark W. Lipsey & David B. Wilson -- The impact of the juvenile justice system and prospects for graduated sanctions in a comprehensive strategy / Barry Krisberg & James C. Howell -- Intermediate sanctions and community treatment for serious and violent juvenile offenders / David M. Altschuler -- Serious and violent juvenile offenders : gaps in knowledge and research priorities / Nancy G. Guerra -- Conclusions and the way forward / Rolf Loeber & David P. Farrington -- Appendix. Serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders : an assessment of the extent of and trends in officially recognized serious criminal behavior in a delinquent population / Howard N. Snyder.
Local noteLittle-322471--305131027574
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 445-485) and index.
LCCN 97033930
ISBN0761912754 (acid-free paper)