Kids Who Commit Adult Crimes Serious Criminality By Juvenile Offenders 1st Edition Flowers by Flowers, Ronald B instant download after payment.

xii, 243 pages : 23 cm, Includes bibliographical references and index, Pt 1. Exploring juvenile crime. The magnitude of juvenile crime -- Youth and violence -- Kids, drugs, and crime -- School crime and violence -- Youth gangs, criminality, and violence -- Dating violence -- Family violence -- pt. 2. Explaining juvenile crime. Biological perspectives on delinquent behavior -- Psychological perspectives on delinquency -- Sociological perspectives on delinquent behavior -- Intrafamilial causes and correlates of juvenile delinquency -- pt. 3. Juvenile crime and the justice system. The police and juvenile criminals -- Juvenile offenders and the juvenile and adult courts -- Juveniles in custody and confinement -- pt. 4. Responding to juvenile delinquency and criminality. Prevention and control of juvenile crime