Kids Who Commit Adult Crimes

Abstract

* Preface * Introduction * Part I: Exploring Juvenile Crime * Chapter 1. The Magnitude of Juvenile Crime * Defining Juvenile Crime and Delinquency * The Nature of Juvenile Offenses * Measuring the Extent of Juvenile Crime * Official Arrest Statistics * Victimization Surveys * Self-Report Surveys * Chapter 2. Youth and Violence * Trends in Juvenile Arrests for Crimes of Violence * Firearms and Youth Violence * The Dynamics of Violent Juvenile Offending * Characteristics of Violent Juveniles * Victims of Juvenile Violence * Theories on Violent Juvenile Offending * Chapter 3. Kids, Drugs, and Crime * Juveniles and Drug Use * Juveniles and Alcohol Use * Juvenile Substance Abuse and Other Delinquent Behavior * Chapter 4. School Crime and Violence * Shootings and Fatalities at Schools * The Extent of School Crime * Dynamics of School Crime * Chapter 5. Youth Gangs,Criminality, and Violence * What Is a Youth Gang? * The Extent of Youth Gangs and Their Membership * Characteristics of Youth Gang Members * Youth Gangs, Crime, and Violence * Youth Gang Theories * Chapter 6. Dating Violence * The Dynamics of Dating Violence * The Characteristics of Teen Dating Violence * Teen Date Rape * What Causes Dating Violence? * Chapter 7. Family Violence * Dynamics of Family Violence * Kids and Domestic Homicides * Sibling Violence * Parent Battering * Grandparent Battering * Causes of Family Violence * Part II: Explaining Juvenile Crime * Chapter 8. Biological Perspectives on Delinquent Behavior * Early Biological Theories on Delinquency * Contemporary Biological Research on Delinquency * Chapter 9. Psychological Perspectives on Delinquency * Psychoanalytic Theories and Delinquency * Personality Disorder Theories and Delinquency * Psychiatric Theories and Concepts of Delinquency * Chapter 10. Sociological Perspectives on Delinquent Behavior * Social Control Theories and Delinquency * Strain Theories and Delinquency * Cultural Transmission Theories and Delinquency * Radical Criminological Theories and Delinquency * Chapter 11. Intrafamilial Causes and Correlates of Juvenile Delinquency * Child Maltreatment and Delinquency * Intergenerational Violence, Child Abuse, and Delinquency * Broken Homes and Delinquent Behavior * Familial Factors and Delinquency * Part III: Juvenile Crime and the Justice System * Chapter 12. The Police and Juvenile Criminals * Police and Juvenile Arrests * Police Contact with the Juvenile Offender * Police Discretion and the Juvenile Offender * Youth Attitudes Toward Police * Chapter 13. Juvenile Offenders and the Juvenile and Adult Courts * The Origins of the Juvenile Justice System * U.S. Supreme Court Cases and Juvenile Justice * The Juvenile Court and Serious Juvenile Offenders * The Criminal Court and Serious Juvenile Offenders * Chapter 14. Juveniles in Custody and Confinement * Juvenile Offenders in Adult Correctional Facilities * Juvenile Offenders in Juvenile Custody Facilities * Minority Youths in Custody * Modes of Adaptation to the Institutional Setting for the Juvenile Offender * Youth Offending in Juvenile Correctional Institutions * Aftercare and the Serious Juvenile Offender * Part IV: Responding to Juvenile Delinquency and Criminality * Chapter 15. Prevention and Control of Juvenile Crime * Federal Responses to Juvenile Crime and Delinquency Prevention * Child Protective Services * Delinquency Prevention and Control Strategies * References * Index