1st Edition

Young Victims, Young Offenders Current Issues in Policy and Treatment

By Letitia C Pallone Copyright 1995
246 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

At a time when the nation is focused on devising new responses to street crime and on reforming the juvenile justice system, this book brings together in a single volume, current and emerging perspectives on the control of crime by and against children and youth. Young Victims, Young Offenders provides you with an overview of established and emerging practices in treating juvenile offenders and... Read more
Contents Overview: Crime, Children, and Adolescents
  • State Responses to Child Maltreatment
  • Mandatory Child Abuse Reporting Laws: Issues and Implications for Treating Offenders
  • Anatomically Detailed Dolls and Validation Interviews: Standardization, Norms, and Training Issues
  • Distinguishing Characteristics of Male and Female Child Sex Abusers
  • Initial Steps in Treating Child and Adolescent Survivors of Sexual Abuse
  • Clinical Techniques in the Treatment of Juvenile Sex Offenders
  • Recidivism Among Adolescent Perpetrators of Sexual Assault Against Children
  • Outpatient Treatment of Child Molesters: Motivational Factors and Outcome
  • Psychosocial Antecedents of Chronic Delinquency
  • Juvenile Diversion as Agency Policy: A Twenty-Year Perspective
  • Institutional Treatment for Juvenile Delinquents: 2000 Offenders After Three Years
  • Promoting Cognitive Development Among Young Offenders Through Pre-Trial Intervention
  • A Model for Change Following the Kibbutz Resocialization Program
  • Reference Notes Included

Biography

Letitia C Pallone