Child Delinquents
eBook - PDF

Child Delinquents

Development, Intervention, and Service Needs

  1. 527 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Child Delinquents

Development, Intervention, and Service Needs

About this book

Between 1980 and 1996 the number of arrests has increased considerably for offenders ages 12 and under. This increase is a cost to society in two ways: the cost of the crime and the cost of multiple agencies involved with these children. Several questions have developed due to this increase: How does the juvenile justice system deal with child delinquents? Is child delinquency a predictor of serious, violent, and chronic offending? How early can we predict delinquency, and what are early warning signs? In an effort to develop answers for these questions and many more, editors Rolf Loeber and David Farrington organized a study group on Very Young offenders comprising 39 experts on juvenile delinquency and child problem behavior. Over a two-year period of intense and collaborative work these individuals have produced the book Child Delinquents: Development, Intervention, and Service Needs. Presenting empirically derived insights, Child Delinquents is the definitive statement to date on the working knowledge of prevalence, development, risk and protective factors, and optimal intervention with preteen offenders. This book is an excellent source for a broad audience of researchers, scholars, psychiatry, and practitioners at the administrative level.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Foreword
  5. Preface
  6. Executive Summary
  7. Chapter 1 - The Significance of Child Delinquency
  8. Part I - Epidemiology and Development of Child Delinquency
  9. Chapter 2 - Epidemiology of Official Offending
  10. Chapter 3 - Epidemiology of Self-Reported Delinquency
  11. Chapter 4 - Later Delinquency Careers
  12. Chapter 5 - Epidemiology of Problem Behavior Up to Age 12 Years
  13. Chapter 6 - Uncovering Preschool Precursors to Problem Behavior
  14. Part II - Risk Factors and Interventions for Child Delinquency
  15. Chapter 7 - Individual Risk and Protective Factors
  16. Chapter 8 - Family Risk Factors and Interventions
  17. Chapter 9 - Peer Factors and Interventions
  18. Chapter 10 - School and Community Risk Factors and Interventions
  19. Chapter 11 - Ethnicity and Gender Issues
  20. Part III - Mental Health, Child Welfare, and Juvenile Justice Interventions for Child Delinquents
  21. Chapter 12 - Mental Health, Education, Child Welfare, and Juvenile Justice Service Use
  22. Chapter 13 - Juvenile Justice Programs and Strategies
  23. Chapter 14 - Legal Issues
  24. Chapter 15 - Economic Costs and Benefits of Early Developmental Prevention
  25. Part IV - Conclusion
  26. Chapter 16 - Summary of Key Conclusions
  27. Chapter 17 - Key Research and Policy Issues
  28. Appendixes
  29. A. Risk/Needs Assessment and Screening Devices
  30. B. Children Under Age 12 Years Who Commit Offenses: Canadian Legal and Treatment Approaches
  31. C. Leading Longitudinal Studies on Delinquency, Substance Use, Sexual Behavior, and Mental Health Problems with Childhood Samples
  32. References
  33. Index
  34. About the Editors
  35. About the Contributors