Youth, Crime, and Justice: A Global Inquiry Book

List of Illustrations     ix
Acknowledgments     xi
Introduction     xiii
Law     1
Age of Responsibility     2
Jurisdiction     9
Forms of Behavior     14
Rights     17
Conclusion     21
Explaining Delinquent Acts     23
Major Theories     23
Peers and Delinquency     26
Lack of Control     28
One-Time versus Chronic Offenders     30
Other Ideas     32
Conclusion     34
The Global Extent and Distribution of Delinquency     36
Measuring Rates     36
Problems with Measures     37
Global Rates of Delinquent Behavior     45
Explaining Rates     55
Conclusion     60
Forms of Delinquent Behavior     62
Gangs     63
Violence     71
Drugs     74
Conclusion     83
Justice for Juveniles     84
General Approaches     85
Models of Juvenile Justice     86
Juvenile Justice as Welfare     86
Legalism and Due Process for Juveniles     91
Coordinated Processing     94
Conclusion     97
Processing the Offender     98
Processing Systems     98
Key Players in the Game of Juvenile Justice     106
Critical Processing Stages     109
Conclusion     116
Correcting Juveniles     117
Dispositions     117
Punishing Children     120
Treating, Educating, and Training the Delinquent     130
Conclusion     136
Children as Victims     139
Defining Victimization     140
Abuse     141
Neglect     146
Sexual Victimization     149
Institutional Victimization     155
Explaining Victimization     157
Conclusion     159
Some Concluding Observations     161
What We Know     162
Some Speculations     166
Toward a Global Understanding     167
References     169
Index     193