TY - BOOK AU - Elrod,Preston AU - Ryder,R.Scott TI - Juvenile justice: a social, historical, and legal perspective SN - 9781284031126 AV - KF9779 .E44 2014 U1 - 345.73/08 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Burlington, MA PB - Jones & Bartlett Learning KW - Juvenile justice, Administration of KW - United States KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The context of juvenile justice : defining basic concepts and examining public perceptions of juvenile crime -- Measuring the extent of juvenile delinquency -- Theory and research : the social context of juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice -- Early juvenile justice : before the juvenile court -- The development of the juvenile court -- Public and police responses to juvenile offenders -- Juvenile diversion -- Preadjudication processes in juvenile justice -- The transfer of juveniles to criminal court -- The contemporary juvenile court -- Community-based correctional programs for juvenile offenders -- Institutional corrections programs for juvenile offenders -- The status offender in juvenile justice -- Juvenile justice and the violent juvenile offender -- Present conditions and future directions in juvenile justice -- Working in juvenile justice ER -