Juvenile Delinquency in the United States and the United Kingdom

RONALD P. CORBETT, JR Deputy Commissioner of the Massachusetts Probation DepartmentDAVID P. FARRINGTON Professor of Psychological Criminology at Cambridge UniversityLAWRENCE A. GREENFELD Deputy Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Statistical arm of the United States Department of JusticeMURREEN A. HENNEBERG previously Chief of Planning, Management and Budget in the Bureau of Justice StatisticsEDWIN MEESE III Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy at The Heritage FoundationPATRICIA MORGAN Sociologist specializing in Criminology and Family Policy, and Senior Research Fellow on the Family at the Institute of Economic Affairs Health and Welfare Unit in LondonRALPH A. ROSSUM Henry Salvatori Professor of American Constitutionalism at Claremont McKenna College and a Member of the Faculty of Claremont Graduate UniversityANDREW RUTHERFORD Professor of Law and Criminal Policy at Southampton University in the Faculty of LawJONATHAN SACKS Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth since 1991MARY TUCK was Head of the Home Office Research and Planning Unit from 1984 until her retirement in 1990

• Notes on Contributors Foreword; J.Q.Wilson Preface and Acknowledgements PART I: THE CRISIS OF DELINQUENCY Predicting Persistent Young Offenders; D.P.Farrington Youth Violence and the Backgrounds of Chronic Violent Offenders; L.A.Greenfeld and M.A.Henneberg PART III: PROBLEMS IN BRITISH AND AMERICAN JUVENILE JUSTICE The New Political Consensus on Youth Justice in Britain; A.Rutherford Juvenile Justice Professionals: Opponents of Reform; R.A.Rossum Common Sense and Juvenile Justice in America; E.Meese III Law, Morality and the Common Good; J.Sacks PART III: TEACHING VIRTUE IN JUVENILE JUSTICE, FAMILY AND EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS Juvenile Probation on the Eve of the Next Millennium; R.P.Corbett, Jr The Center of Concern: Crime and the Family; P.Morgan Reducing Delinquency by Improving Character; J.S.Smith Afterword; M.Tuck Index