Child Delinquents

Development, Intervention, and Service Needs

Rolf Loeber, David P. Farrington

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 2000
• Print ISBN:
  9780761924005
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781452262468
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Interpersonal Relations in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

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.

Table of contents

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