Handbook of Youth and Justice

'This book is recommended for libraries that serve departments of criminal justice human development, psychology, sociology, and social work.' Choice, 38:11 (2001)

• I. Law and Social Science Perspectives on Youth and Justice.- 1. Understanding Victimization and Offending: Definitional Issues.- 2. Juvenile Crime Victims in the Justice System.- II. Victimization.- 3. Child Abuse and Neglect.- 4. The Victimization of Children and Youth: A Comprehensive Overview.- 5. Child Pornography.- III. Offending.- 6. Demography and Death by Violence: A Demographic Analysis of US Homicide Offending Trends.- 7. Girls, Violence, and Delinquency: Popular Myths and Persistent Problems.- 8. Alcohol, Youth, and the Justice System: Underage Drinking as Normative Behavior, a Status Offense, and a Risk Factor for Delinquency.- IV. Cross-Cultural Patterns of Delinquency.- 9. Two Worlds of Deviance: Russia and the United States.- 10. Youth Crime in Western Europe: Will the Old World Imitate the New?.- V. Environmental Influences.- 11. Forging Criminals in the Family.- 12. Youth Collectivities and Adolescent Violence.- 13. Community.- 14. Segregation and Youth Criminal Violence: A Review and Agenda.- VI. Behavioral Questions.- 15. The Development of Delinquency: An Interactional Perspective.- 16. Reasoning and Justice.- 17. How Reliable Are Children’s Memories?.- VII. Administration of Justice.- 18. Juvenile Court and Its Systems of Juvenile Justice.- 19. Family Preservation and Reunification: How Effective a Social Policy?.- 20. Children’s Rights.- 21. The Child Custody Standard: What Do Twenty Years of Research Teach Us?.