Child Delinquents: Development, Intervention, and Service Needs

by David P. Farrington and Rolf Loeber

Between 1980 and 1996 the number of arrests has increased considerably for offenders ages 12 and under. This increase is a cost to society in two ways: the cost of the crime and the cost of multiple agencies involved with these children. Several questions have developed due to this increase: How does the juvenile justice system deal with child delinquents? Is child delinquency a predictor of serious, violent, and chronic offending? How early can...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761924000
• ISBN13: 9780761924005
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 527 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.0" x 10.4"