Chapter 1. Juvenile Justice: Myths and Realities
Chapter 2. Data Sources
Understanding the Contours of Juvenile Crime
Juvenile Court Statistics
Juveniles Taken Into Custody
Self-Reported Delinquency Surveys
Chapter 3. The Historical Legacy of Juvenile Justice
The Houses of Refuge (1825–1860)
The Growth of Institutionalization and the Child Savers (1850–1890)
Juvenile Delinquency and the Progressive Era
The Child Guidance Clinic Movement
The Mobilization for Youth
Institutional Change and Community-Based Corrections
Changes in Juvenile Court Law
The Emergence of a Conservative Agenda for Juvenile Justice
Chapter 4. The Current Juvenile Justice System
The Flow of Cases Through the Juvenile Justice System
Chapter 5. Juvenile Justice and the American Dilemma
Disproportionate Minority Representation and the Juvenile Justice Process
Youths of Color in Confinement: The National Picture and State Differences
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: The Burden of Invisibility
Native American Youths: Outsiders in Their Own Land
Chapter 6. Young Women and the Juvenile Justice System
Gender-Specific Juvenile Justice Services
What Works for At-Risk Young Women
Other Promising Gender-Specific Approaches
Chapter 7. Is There a Science of Prevention?
The Politics of Prevention
Building a Foundation for Prevention Programming
Implementing Effective Community Prevention Models
Interrupting the Cycle of Violence
The Cost-Effectiveness of Prevention
Is There a Science of Prevention?
Chapter 8. What Works in Juvenile Justice
Summaries of Program Evaluations and Meta-Analyses
A Graduated System of Sanctions and Interventions
Chapter 9. The Gang Busters: Does Getting Tough Reduce Youth Crime?
The Impact of Juvenile Corrections
Transferring Juveniles to the Criminal Justice System
Chapter 10. Redeeming Our Children
Evolving Standards of Juvenile Justice
Contemporary Standards of Juvenile Justice
Seeking Balance and Restorative Justice
The Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders
Our Children and Other People’s Children
Chapter 11. Explaining Juvenile Criminal Behavior
Sociological Theories of Delinquency
The Value of Delinquency Theory for Informing Social Policy