Changing lives : delinquency prevention as crime-control policy /
Historically, it has been historically difficult to measure the impact of policies and programs designed to address juvenile crime. The most commonly used strategies for combating juvenile delinquency have primarily relied on intuition and fads. However, the promising research documented in Changing...
| Основен автор: | Greenwood, Peter W. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2006.
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| Серия: |
Adolescent development and legal policy.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=260130 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Changing lives. |
| Резюме: |
Historically, it has been historically difficult to measure the impact of policies and programs designed to address juvenile crime. The most commonly used strategies for combating juvenile delinquency have primarily relied on intuition and fads. However, the promising research documented in Changing Lives presents methods that can directly remedy these deficiencies in our juvenile justice system. Peter W. Greenwood demonstrates here that as crime rates have fallen, researchers have identified more connections between specific risk factors and criminal behavior. At the same time, program develo. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 224 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-213) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780226307237 0226307239 1281956988 9781281956989 |