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The Juvenile Justice System Dean J. Champion

The Juvenile Justice System By Dean J. Champion

The Juvenile Justice System by Dean J. Champion

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The Juvenile Justice System: Delinquency, Processing, and the Law by Dean J. Champion

A market-leader,The Juvenile Justice System: Delinquency, Processing, and the Law, Fifth Edition, provides a detailed examination of the juvenile justice system. Known for its comprehensive coverage, the author explores all aspects of juvenile justice–including intake, adjudication, dispositions, juvenile probation, parole, and community corrections–and maintains a legal emphasis throughout. Up-to-date tables, figures and statistics give readers the most current perspective of juvenile justice trends. Chapter-opening scenarios, personality highlights and career snapshots use personal accounts to capture the essence of what it means to be part of the juvenile justice system.

About Dean J. Champion

Dean John Champion is Professor of Criminal Justice, Texas A & M International University; Laredo, Texas. Dr. Champion has taught at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, California State University-Long Beach, and Minot State University.  He earned his Ph.D. from Purdue University and B.S. and M.A. degrees from Brigham Young University.  He also completed several years of law school at the Nashville School of Law.

           

            Dr. Champion has written over 35 texts and/or edited works and maintains memberships in eleven professional organizations.  He is a lifetime member of the American Society of Criminology, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and the American Sociological Association.  He is a former editor of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences/Anderson Publishing Company Series on Issues in Crime and Justice and the Journal of Crime and Justice.  He is a contributing author for the Encarta Encyclopedia 2000 for Microsoft.  He has been a Visiting Scholar for the National Center for Juvenile Justice and is a former president of the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association. He has also designed and/or offered numerous online courses for the University of Phoenix, Excelsior University, and the University of Alaska-Fairbanks.

           

            Among his published books for Prentice-Hall include Administration of Criminal Justice: Structure, Function, and Process (2003); Basic Statistics for Social Research (1970, 1981); Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology 3/e (1993, 2000, 2006); The Juvenile Justice System: Delinquency, Processing, and the Law 4/e (1992, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007 forthcoming); Corrections in the United States: A Contemporary Perspective 4/e (1990, 1998, 2001, 2005); Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections 5/e (1990, 1996, 1999, 2005); Policing in the Community (w/George Rush) (1996); and The Administration of Justice Systems (2001).

 

            Dr. Champion's specialty interests include juvenile justice, criminal justice administration, corrections, and statistics/methods.

 

Table of Contents

PART I: THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, MEASURING DELINQUENCY, AND DELINQUENCY THEORIES

1.      An Introduction to Juvenile Justice in the United States

2.      Measuring Delinquency: Types of Offenders and Trends

3.      Theories of Delinquency

4.      An Overview of the Juvenile Justice System

 

PART II: THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF JUVENILES AND PREADJUDICATORY PROCESSING

5.      The Legal Rights of Juveniles

6.      Juveniles and the Police

7.      Intake and Preadjudicatory Processing

 

PART III: PROSECUTORIAL DECISION MAKING, CLASSIFICATION, AND THE ADJUDICATORY PROCESS

8.      Prosecutorial Decision Making in Juvenile Justice

9.      Classification and Preliminary Treatment: Waivers and Other Alternatives

10.  The Adjudicatory Process: Dispositional Alternatives

 

PART IV: JUVENILE DISPOSITIONS AND CORRECTIONS

11.  Nominal Sanctions: Warnings, Diversion, and Alternative Dispute Resolution

12.  Juvenile Probation and Intermediate Punishments

13.  Juvenile Corrections: Custodial Sanctions and Parole

 

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CIN0132193744G
9780132193740
0132193744
The Juvenile Justice System: Delinquency, Processing, and the Law by Dean J. Champion
Dean J. Champion
Used - Good
Hardback
Pearson Education (US)
2006-05-04
704
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