Barry C. Feld and Donna M. Bishop
Over the last two decades, researchers have made significant discoveries about the causes and origins of delinquency. Specifically, we have learned a great deal about adolescent development and its relationship to decision-making, about multiple factors that contribute to delinquency, and about
the processes and contexts associated with the course of delinquent careers. Over the same period, public officials have made sweeping jurisprudential, jurisdictional, and procedural changes in our juvenile justice systems.
The Oxford Handbook of Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice
presents a timely compilation of state-of-the-art critical reviews of knowledge about causes of delinquency and their significance for justice policy, and about developments in the juvenile justice system to prevent and control youth crime. The first half of the handbook focuses on juvenile crime
and examines trends and patterns in delinquency and victimization, explores causes of delinquency-at the individual, micro-social, and macro-social levels, and from natural and social science perspectives-and their implications for structuring a youth justice system. The second half of the handbook
concentrates on juvenile justice and examines a range of issues-including the historical origins and re-invention of the juvenile court; juvenile offenders' mental health status and considerations of trial competence and culpability; intake, diversion, detention, and juvenile courts; and
transfer/waiver strategies-and considers how the juvenile justice system itself influences delinquency.
The Oxford Handbook of Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice provides a comprehensive overview of juvenile crime and juvenile justice administration by authors who are all leading
scholars involved in cutting-edge research, and is an essential resource for scholars, students, and justice officials.
Preface
Part INature and Patterns of Juvenile Offending
Part IIIndividual Level Variables
Part IIISocial Contexts and Delinquency
Part IVSocial Process and Delinquency
Part VJuvenile Court: History and Context
Part VIJuvenile Court
Clientele
Part VIIJuvenile Court Case Processing: Screening, Detention, and Trial
Part VIIISanctioning Delinquents
Part IXYouth in Criminal Court
Part XJuvenile Justice Policy
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Barry C. Feld is Centennial Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of eight books, including: Bad Kids: Race and the Transformation of the Juvenile Court (OUP 1999 and winner of Hindelang Outstanding Book Award, American Society of Criminology, and Outstanding Book
Award, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences) and Readings in Juvenile Justice Administration (OUP 1999).
Donna M. Bishop is Professor of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University.