Synopses & Reviews
Juvenile Justice: A Text/Reader offers a unique new spin on the core textbook format. Organized like a more traditional juvenile justice text, this text/reader is divided into eight sections that contain all the usual topics taught in a juvenile justice course. After a comprehensive overview, each section has an introductory mini-chapter that provides engaging coverage of key concepts, developments, controversial issues, and research in the field. These authored introductions are followed by carefully selected and edited original research articles. The readings, from prominent scholarly journals, were written by juvenile justice experts and often have a policy orientation that will help address student interest in the so what? application of theory. Key Features and Benefits Boasts extensive and unique coverage of the juvenile justice system, focusing on law enforcement, the court system, correctional responses to juvenile offending, and an overview of the causes of delinquency Features a unique How to Read a Research Article -tied to the first reading in the book-to give students a guide to understand and learn from the edited articles that appear throughout the text. Provides an introduction to each reading to give students an overview of the purpose, main points, and conclusions of each article. Utilizes photographs, boxes, and suggested Web resources to enhance the book s presentation and engage student interest. Offers a clear and concise summary of key terms and concepts in each section and discussion questions that enhance student comprehension
Ancillaries A Student study site at www.sagepub.com/lawrencestudyprovides self-quizzes, e-flashcards, additional readings, and more. Instructor Resource on CDinclude test questions for both the text and readings, PowerPoint slides, teaching tips, and other resources. Qualified instructors can request a copy by contacting Customer Care at 1-800-818-SAGE (7243), 6AM-5PM, Pacific Time.
Intended Audience This Text/Reader is designed to serve as a replacement for a core text, or a supplement text for upper-level undergraduate Juvenile Justice courses in departments of criminal justice, criminology, sociology and related disciplines. Interested in a text/ reader for another criminology or criminal justice here? Explore other titles in the series.
Synopsis
This uniquely comprehensive Juvenile Justice book provides instructors and students the best of both worlds - a text with carefully selected accompanying readings. This unique approach of combining a text and a reader provides students with an understanding of the juvenile justice system and an introduction to some of the best original research articles by experts in the field.This innovative text/ reader contains all the usual topics found within a typical textbook, but also includes a more extensive coverage of the juvenile justice system, focusing on law enforcement, court, and correctional responses to juvenile offending, with an overview of the causes of delinquency.The goal of the book is to provide readers with an overview and discussion of the developments and major issues in juvenile justice. The readings have a policy orientation, giving them a real-world, applied character. The book also featuress an abundance of excellent literature on juvenile justice that summarizes findings of qualitative and quantitative research, using a variety of methodological approaches, including legal, historical, criminological, and related behavioral and social science perspectives. We invite you to join us in examining the juvenile justice system and reading some of the best original research articles on the law enforcement, judicial, and correctional responses to juvenile delinquency.AncillariesInstructors' Resources on CD-Rom (available to qualified instructors by contacting Customer Care at
[email protected]) will contain test questions, teaching tips and guidance on using journal articles with undergraduate classes.Student study site (coming soon) will contain e-Flashcards, self-quizzes, additional readings, and more.