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1 online resource (329 pages) |
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Advances in Adolescent Development |
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Advances in adolescent development.
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Cover; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Reflections on Delinquency, Dickens, and Twain; Chapter 2 -- Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in the United States: The Influence of Theories and Traditions on Policies and Practices; Chapter 3 -- The Influence of Families, Friends, Schools, and Community on Delinquent Behavior; Chapter 4 -- Adolescent Drug Use, Delinquency, and Other Behaviors; Chapter 5 -- Life Imitating Art: Adolescents and Television Violence; Chapter 6 -- Violent Offending in Adolescence: Epidemiology, Correlates, Outcomes, and Treatment |
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Chapter 7 -- Youth Gangs: A Developmental PerspectiveChapter 8 -- A Comprehensive Review of Community-Based Approaches for the Treatment of Juvenile Offenders; Chapter 9 -- Incarcerated Juvenile Offenders: Integrating Trauma-Oriented Treatment with State-of-the-Art Delinquency Interventions; Chapter 10 -- Preventing Juvenile Delinquency and Promoting Juvenile Rightency; Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors |
| Summary |
This interdisciplinary volume provides a wide-ranging overview of the causes of criminal behaviour in children and adolescents. Following a literary and historical introduction, the contributors to this volume explore the theory and social policy that have shaped society's responses to young people in trouble. They then examine a number of key current issues, including: how families, peers, schools and the community influence delinquent behaviour; the role of substance abuse; the influence of television on violent behaviour; the nature and treatment of violent behaviour in adolesc |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Juvenile delinquency.
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Violence in adolescence.
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Behavior therapy for teenagers.
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Violence.
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Criminal behavior.
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Juvenile Delinquency
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Violence
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Adolescent
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Adolescent Behavior
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violence.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Violence
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Criminal behavior
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Behavior therapy for teenagers
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Juvenile delinquency
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Violence in adolescence
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Jeugdcriminaliteit.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Adams, Gerald R., 1946-
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Montemayor, Raymond
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| ISBN |
9781452250397 |
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1452250391 |
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