Erika Gebo is professor of sociology and criminal justice at Suffolk University. She is a co-editor of the book, Looking Beyond Suppression: Community Responses to Gang Violence. Carolyn Boyes-Watson is professor of sociology and criminal justice and the director for the Center for Restorative Justice at Suffolk University. She is the author of Crime and Justice: Learning through Cases and co-author of Circle Forward: Building a Restorative School Community.

Youth, Crime, and Justice is an exceptionally engaging text that is logically organized, clearly written, and comprehensive. Its interdisciplinary and intersectional approach effectively links current research to both historical context and future policy options. Its rich case-studies are skillfully integrated into its coverage of key concepts and findings, providing an excellent foundation for student learning and class discussion.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPART I: FOUNDATIONS OF YOUTH, CRIME, AND JUSTICEChapter 1: Youth, Society, and the LawLearning ObjectivesCase Study 1: Judging GinaIntroductionJuvenile Justice System Core ChallengesSocio-Ecology: Age in a Life ContextSocial and Legal ConstructionsIntersectionalityPositive Youth Development LensKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 2: Youth and Developmental InstitutionsLearning ObjectivesCase Study 2: Saving or Exploiting Children?IntroductionDecline of Family-Based Systems of Social ControlEmergence of ChildhoodIndustrialization, Urbanization, & ImmigrationEmergence & Regulation of AdolescenceInstitution Building EraControlling Adolescent GirlsRacial SegregationParens Patriae Legal DoctrineOrigins of Child WelfareJuvenile Court CreationComparing Rhetoric with RealityKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 3: Paradigms of Youth JusticeLearning ObjectivesCase Study 3: A Tragedy or a Crime?IntroductionJuvenile Justice Cycles or Shifts?The Classical Juvenile Justice ParadigmThe Juvenile Rights ParadigmThe “Get Tough” ParadigmThe Positive Youth Development & Community Restorative Justice ParadigmKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutPART II: PATHWAYS TO CRIME FOR MALES AND FEMALESChapter 4: Measurement & Correlates of Youth Crime and ViolenceLearning ObjectivesCase Study 4: Not Just Another Statistic: The Hope of Tribal Justice for Indigenous YouthIntroductionMeasuring Delinquency A Snapshot of Juvenile CrimeJuvenile VictimizationAdverse Childhood ExperiencesCorrelates of ViolenceKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 5: Delinquency, Victimization, and Pathways to Offending for BoysLearning ObjectivesCase Study 5: Learning the CodeIntroductionTheories of DelinquencyPerson-Centered TheoriesSociety-Centered TheoriesIntegrated TheoriesCritical TheoriesKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 6: Delinquency, Victimization, and Pathways to Offending for GirlsLearning ObjectivesCase Study 6: Addicted to Love: Growing up on the TrackIntroductionFemale Delinquency RecapFeminist Perspectives on Gender & JusticeFemale Pathways to DelinquencyRisk & Protective Factor FrameworkKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 7: Gangs & Serious, Violent, Chronic Offenders Learning ObjectivesCase Study 7: Confessions of a Former Latin King IntroductionUnderstanding GangsSerious, Violent, and Chronic OffendersPromising Innovations Addressing Gangs & SVC OffendersKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 8: Youth, Schools, & Problem BehaviorsLearning ObjectivesCase Study 8: Mobilizing for Change: Youth Respond to School Gun Violence IntroductionEducation and Inequality School CrimeSchool ClimateDiscipline & the School to Prison PipelineSchool Programs for Positive ChangeKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutPART III: THE CONTEMPORARY JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMChapter 9: Youth and PoliceLearning ObjectivesCase Study 9: Victor Rios Changing What Police SeeIntroductionHistory of Policing Youth in AmericaJuvenile Justice System Case FlowPolice Role in Juvenile JusticePolice DiscretionGender and Police TreatmentPolicing PracticesPolice and Civil RightsChanging Role of PoliceKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 10: Youth and the CourtsLearning ObjectivesCase Study 10: Judging Our Youth IntroductionJuvenile Court EvolutionJuvenile Court StagesKey Court Personnel Court Practices & EffectivenessSignificant Juvenile Justice CasesFrom Juvenile to Adult CourtFuture of Juvenile CourtKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 11: Youth and CorrectionsLearning ObjectivesCase Study 11: From Punishment to RehabilitationIntroductionIntervening With YouthDiversionProbationIntermediate SanctionsResidential CorrectionsKey Issues in Residential PlacementKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 12: Prevention, Intervention, and the Future of Youth JusticeLearning ObjectivesCase Study 12: A Matter of DegreesIntroductionThree Levels of Prevention What WorksEvidence-Based PracticesEvidence-Based ProgramsComprehensive Community InitiativesWhat Does Not WorkThe Future of Youth & Juvenile JusticeConcluding ThoughtsKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutGlossaryPhoto Credits IndexAbout the Authors

Erika Gebo is professor of sociology and criminal justice at Suffolk University. She is a co-editor of the book, Looking Beyond Suppression: Community Responses to Gang Violence. Carolyn Boyes-Watson is professor of sociology and criminal justice and the director for the Center for Restorative Justice at Suffolk University. She is the author of Crime and Justice: Learning through Cases and co-author of Circle Forward: Building a Restorative School Community.

Youth, Crime, and Justice is an exceptionally engaging text that is logically organized, clearly written, and comprehensive. Its interdisciplinary and intersectional approach effectively links current research to both historical context and future policy options. Its rich case-studies are skillfully integrated into its coverage of key concepts and findings, providing an excellent foundation for student learning and class discussion.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPART I: FOUNDATIONS OF YOUTH, CRIME, AND JUSTICEChapter 1: Youth, Society, and the LawLearning ObjectivesCase Study 1: Judging GinaIntroductionJuvenile Justice System Core ChallengesSocio-Ecology: Age in a Life ContextSocial and Legal ConstructionsIntersectionalityPositive Youth Development LensKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 2: Youth and Developmental InstitutionsLearning ObjectivesCase Study 2: Saving or Exploiting Children?IntroductionDecline of Family-Based Systems of Social ControlEmergence of ChildhoodIndustrialization, Urbanization, & ImmigrationEmergence & Regulation of AdolescenceInstitution Building EraControlling Adolescent GirlsRacial SegregationParens Patriae Legal DoctrineOrigins of Child WelfareJuvenile Court CreationComparing Rhetoric with RealityKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 3: Paradigms of Youth JusticeLearning ObjectivesCase Study 3: A Tragedy or a Crime?IntroductionJuvenile Justice Cycles or Shifts?The Classical Juvenile Justice ParadigmThe Juvenile Rights ParadigmThe “Get Tough” ParadigmThe Positive Youth Development & Community Restorative Justice ParadigmKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutPART II: PATHWAYS TO CRIME FOR MALES AND FEMALESChapter 4: Measurement & Correlates of Youth Crime and ViolenceLearning ObjectivesCase Study 4: Not Just Another Statistic: The Hope of Tribal Justice for Indigenous YouthIntroductionMeasuring Delinquency A Snapshot of Juvenile CrimeJuvenile VictimizationAdverse Childhood ExperiencesCorrelates of ViolenceKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 5: Delinquency, Victimization, and Pathways to Offending for BoysLearning ObjectivesCase Study 5: Learning the CodeIntroductionTheories of DelinquencyPerson-Centered TheoriesSociety-Centered TheoriesIntegrated TheoriesCritical TheoriesKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 6: Delinquency, Victimization, and Pathways to Offending for GirlsLearning ObjectivesCase Study 6: Addicted to Love: Growing up on the TrackIntroductionFemale Delinquency RecapFeminist Perspectives on Gender & JusticeFemale Pathways to DelinquencyRisk & Protective Factor FrameworkKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 7: Gangs & Serious, Violent, Chronic Offenders Learning ObjectivesCase Study 7: Confessions of a Former Latin King IntroductionUnderstanding GangsSerious, Violent, and Chronic OffendersPromising Innovations Addressing Gangs & SVC OffendersKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 8: Youth, Schools, & Problem BehaviorsLearning ObjectivesCase Study 8: Mobilizing for Change: Youth Respond to School Gun Violence IntroductionEducation and Inequality School CrimeSchool ClimateDiscipline & the School to Prison PipelineSchool Programs for Positive ChangeKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutPART III: THE CONTEMPORARY JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMChapter 9: Youth and PoliceLearning ObjectivesCase Study 9: Victor Rios Changing What Police SeeIntroductionHistory of Policing Youth in AmericaJuvenile Justice System Case FlowPolice Role in Juvenile JusticePolice DiscretionGender and Police TreatmentPolicing PracticesPolice and Civil RightsChanging Role of PoliceKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 10: Youth and the CourtsLearning ObjectivesCase Study 10: Judging Our Youth IntroductionJuvenile Court EvolutionJuvenile Court StagesKey Court Personnel Court Practices & EffectivenessSignificant Juvenile Justice CasesFrom Juvenile to Adult CourtFuture of Juvenile CourtKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 11: Youth and CorrectionsLearning ObjectivesCase Study 11: From Punishment to RehabilitationIntroductionIntervening With YouthDiversionProbationIntermediate SanctionsResidential CorrectionsKey Issues in Residential PlacementKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 12: Prevention, Intervention, and the Future of Youth JusticeLearning ObjectivesCase Study 12: A Matter of DegreesIntroductionThree Levels of Prevention What WorksEvidence-Based PracticesEvidence-Based ProgramsComprehensive Community InitiativesWhat Does Not WorkThe Future of Youth & Juvenile JusticeConcluding ThoughtsKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutGlossaryPhoto Credits IndexAbout the Authors

Erika Gebo is professor of sociology and criminal justice at Suffolk University. She is a co-editor of the book, Looking Beyond Suppression: Community Responses to Gang Violence. Carolyn Boyes-Watson is professor of sociology and criminal justice and the director for the Center for Restorative Justice at Suffolk University. She is the author of Crime and Justice: Learning through Cases and co-author of Circle Forward: Building a Restorative School Community.

Youth, Crime, and Justice is an exceptionally engaging text that is logically organized, clearly written, and comprehensive. Its interdisciplinary and intersectional approach effectively links current research to both historical context and future policy options. Its rich case-studies are skillfully integrated into its coverage of key concepts and findings, providing an excellent foundation for student learning and class discussion.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPART I: FOUNDATIONS OF YOUTH, CRIME, AND JUSTICEChapter 1: Youth, Society, and the LawLearning ObjectivesCase Study 1: Judging GinaIntroductionJuvenile Justice System Core ChallengesSocio-Ecology: Age in a Life ContextSocial and Legal ConstructionsIntersectionalityPositive Youth Development LensKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 2: Youth and Developmental InstitutionsLearning ObjectivesCase Study 2: Saving or Exploiting Children?IntroductionDecline of Family-Based Systems of Social ControlEmergence of ChildhoodIndustrialization, Urbanization, & ImmigrationEmergence & Regulation of AdolescenceInstitution Building EraControlling Adolescent GirlsRacial SegregationParens Patriae Legal DoctrineOrigins of Child WelfareJuvenile Court CreationComparing Rhetoric with RealityKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 3: Paradigms of Youth JusticeLearning ObjectivesCase Study 3: A Tragedy or a Crime?IntroductionJuvenile Justice Cycles or Shifts?The Classical Juvenile Justice ParadigmThe Juvenile Rights ParadigmThe “Get Tough” ParadigmThe Positive Youth Development & Community Restorative Justice ParadigmKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutPART II: PATHWAYS TO CRIME FOR MALES AND FEMALESChapter 4: Measurement & Correlates of Youth Crime and ViolenceLearning ObjectivesCase Study 4: Not Just Another Statistic: The Hope of Tribal Justice for Indigenous YouthIntroductionMeasuring Delinquency A Snapshot of Juvenile CrimeJuvenile VictimizationAdverse Childhood ExperiencesCorrelates of ViolenceKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 5: Delinquency, Victimization, and Pathways to Offending for BoysLearning ObjectivesCase Study 5: Learning the CodeIntroductionTheories of DelinquencyPerson-Centered TheoriesSociety-Centered TheoriesIntegrated TheoriesCritical TheoriesKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 6: Delinquency, Victimization, and Pathways to Offending for GirlsLearning ObjectivesCase Study 6: Addicted to Love: Growing up on the TrackIntroductionFemale Delinquency RecapFeminist Perspectives on Gender & JusticeFemale Pathways to DelinquencyRisk & Protective Factor FrameworkKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 7: Gangs & Serious, Violent, Chronic Offenders Learning ObjectivesCase Study 7: Confessions of a Former Latin King IntroductionUnderstanding GangsSerious, Violent, and Chronic OffendersPromising Innovations Addressing Gangs & SVC OffendersKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 8: Youth, Schools, & Problem BehaviorsLearning ObjectivesCase Study 8: Mobilizing for Change: Youth Respond to School Gun Violence IntroductionEducation and Inequality School CrimeSchool ClimateDiscipline & the School to Prison PipelineSchool Programs for Positive ChangeKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutPART III: THE CONTEMPORARY JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMChapter 9: Youth and PoliceLearning ObjectivesCase Study 9: Victor Rios Changing What Police SeeIntroductionHistory of Policing Youth in AmericaJuvenile Justice System Case FlowPolice Role in Juvenile JusticePolice DiscretionGender and Police TreatmentPolicing PracticesPolice and Civil RightsChanging Role of PoliceKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 10: Youth and the CourtsLearning ObjectivesCase Study 10: Judging Our Youth IntroductionJuvenile Court EvolutionJuvenile Court StagesKey Court Personnel Court Practices & EffectivenessSignificant Juvenile Justice CasesFrom Juvenile to Adult CourtFuture of Juvenile CourtKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 11: Youth and CorrectionsLearning ObjectivesCase Study 11: From Punishment to RehabilitationIntroductionIntervening With YouthDiversionProbationIntermediate SanctionsResidential CorrectionsKey Issues in Residential PlacementKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutChapter 12: Prevention, Intervention, and the Future of Youth JusticeLearning ObjectivesCase Study 12: A Matter of DegreesIntroductionThree Levels of Prevention What WorksEvidence-Based PracticesEvidence-Based ProgramsComprehensive Community InitiativesWhat Does Not WorkThe Future of Youth & Juvenile JusticeConcluding ThoughtsKey TermsChapter Questions & DiscussionsCheck it OutGlossaryPhoto Credits IndexAbout the Authors