The Abandonment of Delinquent Behavior: Promoting the Turnaround Contributor(s): Kirk, Sara (Author), Jenkins, Richard L. (Editor), Brown, Waln K. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0275929280 ISBN-13: 9780275929282 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1988 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Law |
Dewey: 364.360 |
LCCN: 88001135 |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.15 lbs) 238 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This unprecedented study of delinquent behavior reversal challenges the widely held view that early delinquency becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. By identifying the variables involved in the turnaround process, the contributors provide an examination of issues such as: favorable effects of juvenile court adjudication; following up previously adjudicated delinquents; the post-intervention experience; delinquency and attachment; and evolution, devolution, and disruption of treatment in an antisocial child. The book is a significant and welcome addition to the literature that should stimulate more and better research on the juvenile justice system that will have a positive and constructive thrust. Criminal Justice Review Adolescent delinquents can often experience a complete behavioral turnaround--even if their delinquent behaviors have become a pattern. This unprecedented study of delinquent behavior reversal challenges the widely held view that early delinquency becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. By identifying the variables involved in the turnaround process, the contributors hope to provide an understanding of this phenomenon--and to encourage its occurrence. They examine, from both personal and research perspectives, issues such as: favorable effects of juvenile court adjudication; following up previously adjudicated delinquents; the post-intervention experience; delinquency and attachment; and evolution, devolution, and disruption of treatment in an antisocial child. |