Juvenile Justice: Policies, Programs, and Practices: 2026 Release ISE

Part One Juvenile Justice and Delinquency in the United States

Chapter 1 The Juvenile Justice System

Chapter 2 History of the Juvenile Justice System

Chapter 3 Juvenile Crime, Criminals, and Victims

Part Two Theories of Juvenile Delinquency

Chapter 4 Choice, Deterrence, Biological, and Psychological Theories

Chapter 5 Social Structure, Social Process, and Social Reaction Theories

Chapter 6 Delinquency Prevention and intervention

Part Three Policing Juveniles, the Law, and the Courts

Chapter 7 Police and Juveniles

Chapter 8 Juvenile Law and Procedure

Chapter 9 The Juvenile Court

Chapter 10 Juveniles in the Criminal Justice System

Part 4 Juvenile Corrections

Chapter 11 Community-Based Corrections for Juveniles

Chapter 12 Institutional Corrections for Juveniles

Part Five Issues in Juvenile Delinquency

Chapter 13 Gangs and Delinquency

Chapter 14 Special Populations

Chapter 15 Future Directions in Juvenile Justice

Juvenile Justice: Policies, Programs and Practices is a student-friendly introduction to the U.S. juvenile justice system that includes practical, real-world information on issues of juvenile justice. The text presents the juvenile justice system as a social institution, focusing on its programs, policies, and practices, as well as possible careers in juvenile justice.