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Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I Trends in Juvenile Delinquency Around the World; Chapter 1 Juvenile Delinquency and Justice Trends in the United States; Get Tough Movement and Beyond; Juvenile Crime and Punishment Trends: The Statistics; Recent Trends in Juvenile Justice; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice Trends in Europe; Introduction; Research Questions; Data and Methodology; Results; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Youth Violence in Brazil: Law, Prevalence, and Promising Initiatives.

IntroductionDelinquency and Justice in Brazil: Legal Context and Formal Procedures for Juveniles; Demographics and Behavior: A Profile of Delinquency and Youth Crime and Victimization in Brazil; Youth Violence Prevention in Brazil: Innovative and Promising Programs; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Juvenile Justice in Russia; History and Evolution of the Law Governing Juveniles and Juvenile Offending; Socioeconomic Characteristics and Juvenile Delinquency in Modern Russia; Policing, Courts, and Legal Processing of Juveniles; Juvenile Corrections in Russia; Innovations and the Future.

The Nature and Scope of China's Juvenile DelinquencyLegislation on Juvenile Justice in China; Reforming Juvenile Delinquents in China; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 8 Putting the Processing of Juvenile Offenders into Context; Introduction -- Tensions in Dealing with Juvenile Offenders and Their Processing; The Historical Context of Parens Patriae and the Juvenile Court; The Due Process Revolution in Juvenile Law and Juvenile Court Processing; Intake Decisions and Variations in Practice and Law; Arrest and Custody Issues; Booking and Detention Matters; Waiver/Transfer to Criminal Court.

Juvenile Dispositions and Corrections -- Punishment and/or TreatmentConclusion; Notes; References; Part II Correlates of Delinquent Behavior; Chapter 9 Gender, Delinquency, and Youth Justice: Issues for a Global Century; Boys' Crime and Gender: A Neglected Topic; Criminalizing Victimization: Girls' Lives and the Criminal System; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 10 Causes of African-American Juvenile Delinquency; Where Have We Been?; Where Are We Now?; A Race-Centered Analysis of African-American Juvenile Delinquency; Where Do We Go From Here?; References.

This handbook is an up-to-date examination of advances in the fields of juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice that includes interdisciplinary perspectives from leading scholars and practitioners. Examines advances in the fields of juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice with interdisciplinary perspectives from leading scholars and practitioners Provides a current state of both fields, while also assessing where they have been and defining where they should go in years to come Addresses developments in theory, research, and policy, as well as cultural changes and legal shifts Contains.