Juvenile Justice in America Book

I. A BRIEF HISTORY OF JUVENILE JUSTICE.

1. A Backward Look at Children in Trouble (2000 B.C. to the Twentieth Century).
2. The Twentieth Century and Juvenile Justice.
3. Juvenile Crime: Measurements and Analysis.

II. CAUSES, CLASSIFICATIONS, AND KINDS OF DELINQUENTS.

4. The Search for Causation: A Winding Road.
5. Classification: A Wheel of Fortune?
6. Diagnosis: What to Do to Whom, Where, and How?
7. Deviants, Defectives and the Disabled.

III. PROCESSING THROUGH THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

8. The Juvenile Justice Process.
9. Delinquents and the Police: Where It Starts.
10. The Juvenile Court.
11. A Juvenile's Legal Rights.

IV. PLACES FOR JUVENILES IN THE SYSTEM.

12. Juvenile Probation: Cheaper or Better?
13. Juvenile Institutions: The Success of Failure.
14. Juvenile Parole: Useful or Harmful?
15. Group Homes, Foster Care, and Adoption.

V. ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION.

16. Preventing Delinquency: A Social Problem?
17. Diversion from the System: Avoiding Stigma.

VI. JUVENILE JUSTICE IN THE 1990s: WHAT'S NEXT?

18. Innovation and Exploration.
19. Summary and Overview: Heading for the Twenty-First Century.
Appendix A. Offenses in Uniform Crime Reporting.
Appendix B. Uniform Juvenile Court Act.