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Juvenile Delinquency in the United States and the United Kingdom

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Gary L. McDowell

    1. Institute of United States Studies, University of London, UK

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  2. Jinney S. Smith

    1. Northwestern University, USA

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. The Crisis of Delinquency

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Predicting Persistent Young Offenders

      • David P. Farrington
      Pages 3-21

    3. Youth Violence and the Backgrounds of Chronic Violent Offenders

      • Lawrence A. Greenfeld, Maureen A. Henneberg
      Pages 23-43

  3. Problems in British and American Juvenile Justice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. The New Political Consensus on Youth Justice in Britain

      • Andrew Rutherford
      Pages 47-60

    3. Juvenile Justice Professionals: Opponents of Reform

      • Ralph A. Rossum
      Pages 61-86

    4. Common Sense and Juvenile Justice in America

      • Edwin Meese III
      Pages 87-98

    5. Law, Morality and the Common Good

      • Jonathan Sacks
      Pages 99-112

  4. Teaching Virtue in Juvenile Justice, Family and Educational Settings

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. Juvenile Probation on the Eve of the Next Millennium

      • Ronald P. Corbett Jr.
      Pages 115-138

    3. The Center of Concern: Crime and the Family

      • Patricia Morgan
      Pages 139-162

    4. Reducing Delinquency by Improving Character

      • Jinney S. Smith
      Pages 163-182

  5. Afterword: How Can Young Men Learn Virtue?

    1. Afterword: How Can Young Men Learn Virtue?

      • Mary Tuck
      Pages 183-187

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 189-197
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This volume about juvenile delinquency in the United States and United Kingdom includes a foreword, nine chapters organized in three parts, and an afterword. Chapters 1 and 2 in Part I describe juvenile delinquency in both countries and the urgency of the current crisis. Chapters 3 to 6 in Part II deal with the two nations' juvenile justice systems, focusing on structural and ideological obstacles preventing reform. Presented in the final chapters in Part III are suggestions for reform in school, and juvenile justice setting that recognize the importance of character in causing delinquency.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of United States Studies, University of London, UK

    Gary L. McDowell

  • Northwestern University, USA

    Jinney S. Smith

About the editors

RONALD P. CORBETT, JR Deputy Commissioner of the Massachusetts Probation Department DAVID P. FARRINGTON Professor of Psychological Criminology at Cambridge University LAWRENCE A. GREENFELD Deputy Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Statistical arm of the United States Department of Justice MURREEN A. HENNEBERG previously Chief of Planning, Management and Budget in the Bureau of Justice Statistics EDWIN MEESE III Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy at The Heritage Foundation PATRICIA MORGAN Sociologist specializing in Criminology and Family Policy, and Senior Research Fellow on the Family at the Institute of Economic Affairs Health and Welfare Unit in London RALPH A. ROSSUM Henry Salvatori Professor of American Constitutionalism at Claremont McKenna College and a Member of the Faculty of Claremont Graduate University ANDREW RUTHERFORD Professor of Law and Criminal Policy at Southampton University in the Faculty of Law JONATHAN SACKS Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth since 1991 MARY TUCK was Head of the Home Office Research and Planning Unit from 1984 until her retirement in 1990

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