Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders: Risk Factors and Successful Interventions

Bys: Loeber, Rolf and Farrington, David P.

Book Overview

Detailed and comprehensive, this volume presents authoritative discussions by leading scholars on issues surrounding serious and violent juvenile offenders. This population is responsible for a disproportionate percentage of all crime and poses the greatest challenge to juvenile justice policymakers. This volume integrates knowledge about risk and protective prevention programs, so that conclusions from each area can inform the other.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761912754
• ISBN13: 9780761912750
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 533 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.4" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

Alternatives a the Social Crime Prevention Theory

The text outlines a concept of risk and protective factors along the path of life, which are shown to either contribute or protect individuals and communities from Juvenile Offending.The book is a must for those wanting to consider proven and efficient alterntives to the 'get tough approach', but don't fear it isn't the soft social worker approach either. It's based on the theory of Developemental Crime Prevention and looks at a combination of sanctions, interventions and community actions which can reduce juvenile and later adult offending. A must for those with an interst in Crime Prevention !