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John 1:14 The Word became flesh . . . full of grace and truth."
The Gospel of John begins like the first notes of some grand
symphony, or perhaps the first brushstrokes of a masterpiece on
canvas, or the first words whispered to you when you were cradled
in your mother's arms. "In the beginning was the Word. . . . And
the Word became flesh . . . full of grace and truth." Who was
Jesus? Was he born to Mary in Bethlehem? Had he always been? John 1
unlocks a mystery. The Word always was God. Somehow, the fellowship
that is God, the intimate relationships of love that are God's
heart, have always been, and will always be." --from chapter 1.
This wonderful devotional book will stimulate both mind and
heart. Howell provides contexts for the selected verses and draws
from a wide range of sources to illuminate their meaning for
Christian faith and life today. His insights are richly rewarding.
He encourages, inspires, and motivates us to understand the
biblical verses in relation to faithful Christian discipleship.
Howell's pastoral sensitivities combined with his studies and
seasoned wisdom make this book an outstanding companion to
Scripture reading and a gift to all Bible readers.
This handbook promotes a comprehensive strategy founded on
evidence-based programming for juvenile justice systems to adopt or
enhance their current system. The comprehensive strategy is
supported strongly by the broad research base that is now
available. This strategy recognizes, first, that a relatively small
proportion of the juveniles who initially enter the juvenile
justice system will prove to be serious, violent, or chronic
offenders, but that group accounts for a large proportion of the
overall amount of delinquency. An important component of a
comprehensive evidence-based juvenile justice system, therefore, is
distinguishing these offenders from others and focusing attention
and resources on that smaller group. Second, a comprehensive
strategy recognizes that serious, violent, or chronic delinquency
emerges along developmental pathways that progress from less to
more serious profiles of offending. Priority must be given to
interrupting these offender careers by calibrating the level of
supervision and control of the juveniles' behavior to their level
of risk. The third major component of a comprehensive strategy,
therefore, is effective intervention programs that are capable of
reducing the recidivism of those juveniles at risk for further
delinquency. The Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and
Chronic Juvenile Offenders is an administrative framework that
supports a continuum of services that parallel the development of
offender careers. This framework emphasizes evidence-based
programming specifically on recidivism reduction, and supports
protocols for developing comprehensive treatment plans that match
effective services with offender treatment needs along the
life-course of delinquent careers, as they move from intake onward,
to probation, community programs, confinement, and reentry.
Juvenile justice systems will benefit from incorporation of a
comprehensive strategy as provided in the handbook.
This revised edition features updated research, new developments in
technology, and recent policy on juvenile delinquency and youth
violence. The authors underscore the enormous payoff in targeting
potential serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders at the
earliest opportunity and provide a framework for evidence-informed
state juvenile justice systems: the Comprehensive Strategy for
Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders. This strategy
recognizes, first, that a relatively small proportion of those who
enter the juvenile justice system will prove to be serious,
violent, or chronic offenders, but that group accounts for a large
proportion of overall delinquency. Second, this strategy builds on
the fact that serious, violent, or chronic delinquency emerges
along developmental pathways, allowing earlier identification of
juveniles most at risk for later serious offending. A third
component of this approach is effective intervention capable of
reducing the recidivism of those juveniles most at risk for further
delinquency. This framework emphasizes an evidence-based approach
to reducing the recidivism of those juveniles most likely to
reoffend from intake onward to probation, community programs,
confinement, and reentry.
This book-containing contributions from scholars who are well-known
for their research on gangs, and selected as experts on the
assigned topics-examines youth gangs from a
developmental/life-course perspective, exploring a myriad of issues
related to gang membership, its causes, its consequences, and
various intervention efforts to both prevent gang membership and
reduce the problematic impact of gangs. Beginning with research
exploring the intergenerational continuity in gang membership and
examining the causal processes leading to gang membership, the
structure of the book reflects the developmental sequence of gang
membership. The consequences of gang membership for youth are
examined, as are intervention strategies. The book also presents
the first conceptual framework on female gang involvement, taking
into account the differences in the paths and roles that women and
girls may take into the gang. The book concludes by exploring how
gang membership affects job possibilities for young adults. This
book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of
Crime and Justice.
This revised edition features updated research, new developments in
technology, and recent policy on juvenile delinquency and youth
violence. The authors underscore the enormous payoff in targeting
potential serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders at the
earliest opportunity and provide a framework for evidence-informed
state juvenile justice systems: the Comprehensive Strategy for
Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders. This strategy
recognizes, first, that a relatively small proportion of those who
enter the juvenile justice system will prove to be serious,
violent, or chronic offenders, but that group accounts for a large
proportion of overall delinquency. Second, this strategy builds on
the fact that serious, violent, or chronic delinquency emerges
along developmental pathways, allowing earlier identification of
juveniles most at risk for later serious offending. A third
component of this approach is effective intervention capable of
reducing the recidivism of those juveniles most at risk for further
delinquency. This framework emphasizes an evidence-based approach
to reducing the recidivism of those juveniles most likely to
reoffend from intake onward to probation, community programs,
confinement, and reentry.
This book is an historical account of the emergence of youth gangs
and the transformation of these into street gangs in the United
States. The author traces the emergence of these gangs in the four
major geographical regions over the span of two centuries, from the
early 1800s to 2012. The author's authoritative analysis explains
gang emergence and expansion from play groups to heavily armed
street gangs responsible for a large proportion of urban crimes,
including drive-by shootings that often kill innocent bystanders.
Nationwide, street gangs now account for 1 in 6 homicides each
year, and for 1 in 4 in very large cities. In recent years, the
number of gangs, gang members, and gang homicides increased, even
though the U.S. has seen a sharp drop in violent and property
crimes over the past decade. The author's historical analysis
reveals the key contributing factors to transformation of youth
gangs, including social disorganization that occurred following
large-scale immigration early in American history and urban
policies that pushed minorities to inner city areas and public
housing projects. This analysis includes the influence of prison
gangs on street gangs. The first generation of prison gangs emerged
spontaneously in response to dangers inside prisons. The second
generation was for many years extensions of street gangs that grew
enormously during the 1980s and 1990s, particularly in large urban
areas in which public housing projects have served as incubators
for street gangs. The third generation of prison gangs is extremely
active in street-level criminal enterprises in varied forms, often
highly structured and well managed organizations that are actively
involved in drug trafficking. In recent years, returning inmates
are a predominant influence on local gang violence. Now, prison
gangs and street gangs often work together in street-level criminal
enterprises. This book identifies the most promising ways that gang
violence can be reduced. The best long-term approach is a
combination of gang prevention, intervention, and suppression
strategies and programs. Targeted suppression of gang violence is
imperative. Street-workers that serve as violence interrupters can
break the cycle of contagious gang violence.
This handbook promotes a comprehensive strategy founded on
evidence-based programming for juvenile justice systems to adopt or
enhance their current system. The comprehensive strategy is
supported strongly by the broad research base that is now
available. This strategy recognizes, first, that a relatively small
proportion of the juveniles who initially enter the juvenile
justice system will prove to be serious, violent, or chronic
offenders, but that group accounts for a large proportion of the
overall amount of delinquency. An important component of a
comprehensive evidence-based juvenile justice system, therefore, is
distinguishing these offenders from others and focusing attention
and resources on that smaller group. Second, a comprehensive
strategy recognizes that serious, violent, or chronic delinquency
emerges along developmental pathways that progress from less to
more serious profiles of offending. Priority must be given to
interrupting these offender careers by calibrating the level of
supervision and control of the juveniles' behavior to their level
of risk. The third major component of a comprehensive strategy,
therefore, is effective intervention programs that are capable of
reducing the recidivism of those juveniles at risk for further
delinquency. The Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and
Chronic Juvenile Offenders is an administrative framework that
supports a continuum of services that parallel the development of
offender careers. This framework emphasizes evidence-based
programming specifically on recidivism reduction, and supports
protocols for developing comprehensive treatment plans that match
effective services with offender treatment needs along the
life-course of delinquent careers, as they move from intake onward,
to probation, community programs, confinement, and reentry.
Juvenile justice systems will benefit from incorporation of a
comprehensive strategy as provided in the handbook.
This book is an historical account of the emergence of youth gangs
and the transformation of these into street gangs in the United
States. The author traces the emergence of these gangs in the four
major geographical regions over the span of two centuries, from the
early 1800s to 2012. The author's authoritative analysis explains
gang emergence and expansion from play groups to heavily armed
street gangs responsible for a large proportion of urban crimes,
including drive-by shootings that often kill innocent bystanders.
Nationwide, street gangs now account for 1 in 6 homicides each
year, and for 1 in 4 in very large cities. In recent years, the
number of gangs, gang members, and gang homicides increased, even
though the U.S. has seen a sharp drop in violent and property
crimes over the past decade. The author's historical analysis
reveals the key contributing factors to transformation of youth
gangs, including social disorganization that occurred following
large-scale immigration early in American history and urban
policies that pushed minorities to inner city areas and public
housing projects. This analysis includes the influence of prison
gangs on street gangs. The first generation of prison gangs emerged
spontaneously in response to dangers inside prisons. The second
generation was for many years extensions of street gangs that grew
enormously during the 1980s and 1990s, particularly in large urban
areas in which public housing projects have served as incubators
for street gangs. The third generation of prison gangs is extremely
active in street-level criminal enterprises in varied forms, often
highly structured and well managed organizations that are actively
involved in drug trafficking. In recent years, returning inmates
are a predominant influence on local gang violence. Now, prison
gangs and street gangs often work together in street-level criminal
enterprises. This book identifies the most promising ways that gang
violence can be reduced. The best long-term approach is a
combination of gang prevention, intervention, and suppression
strategies and programs. Targeted suppression of gang violence is
imperative. Street-workers that serve as violence interrupters can
break the cycle of contagious gang violence.
The public believes that juveniles are to blame for the growth of violence in the United States that began in the mid-1980s. But, whoĆs really to blame for violent crime? Is youth gang involvement in trafficking crack cocaine in inner-cities a key factor? The Evolution of Juvenile Justice and Youth Violence in America explores how juvenile offenders have taken the brunt of crime policyĆs reaction to the high level and recent increase in violent crime in the United States. In the justice system today, juveniles are being tried with adults in criminal courts and incarcerated with them in adult prisons. Taking a historical approach and reviewing current research, author James C. Howell examines the shift in crime policy from an emphasis on treatment and rehabilitation to punishment and how that change is neither philosophically sound nor effective. Long-term solutions, Howell argues, lie in the development of more effective programs, better-matched offender treatment programs, and a more cost-effective juvenile justice system. Written with compassion yet methodologically sound, this volume creates a comprehensive framework that will help communities incorporate best practices and utilize knowledge of risk and protective factors for serious and violent delinquency. Author James C. Howell combines prevention and graduated sanctions in this sensible strategy for dealing with serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders. The Evolution of Juvenile Justice and Youth Violence in America is an outstanding resource and text for not only graduate students but also academics, researchers, practitioners, policymakers, professionals in the legal system, and educators.
This volume explores the connections between our own birth, the
experience of having children, and the new birth of the Christian
life. Seasoned pastor James Howell offers theological perspectives
on a variety of themes associated with birth, such as who we are in
light of having once lived in utero, why people might have
children, infertility, adoption, baptism, and how to make sense of
it all in light of God coming to us first in Mary's womb and then
as an infant. The book includes paintings, photos, and drawings.
About the Series Pastors are called to help people navigate the
profound mysteries of being human, from birth to death and
everything in between. This series, edited by leading pastoral
theologian Jason Byassee, provides pastors and pastors-in-training
with rich theological reflection on the various seasons that make
up a human life, helping them minister with greater wisdom and joy.
"This sourcebook provides outstandingly important, up-to-date, and comprehensive reviews of knowledge about the prevention and treatment of serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders. It is an essential reference work for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers who are interested in this topic." --David P. Farrington, Professor of Psychological Criminology, University of Cambridge "At a time when the basic unit of policy about youth crime is often the sound bite, this volume shows the value of information and sustained analysis in creating a balanced program for dealing with the serious juvenile offender. The book is of value both as a specific set of youth crime proposals and as a model of the policy planning process in a difficult area." --Franklin E. Zimring, William Simon Professor of Law and Director, Earl Warren Legal Institute, University of California at Berkeley This indispensable sourcebook sculpts an alternative response to juvenile crime. The rise of violent crimes committed by youths and the lack of effective responses to treating juvenile offenders have underscored the dire need for a different approach. Some of the most respected experts in juvenile justice answer that need in this authoritative volume, presenting a balanced, humane, and effective strategy for change. The result is a comprehensive approach to preventing, treating, and controlling serious juvenile criminal behavior. Thorough analysis of strategy implementation complements discussion of core issues such as controlling delinquency, developing early and intensive intervention programs, risk assessment, and classification tools. The inclusion of special chapters on recent gang research and juveniles in the criminal court system make this volume the essential up-to-date resource for juvenile justice specialists. A Sourcebook: Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders gathers together information integral to the work of policymakers, lawmakers, law enforcement personnel, and social workers as well as criminal justice researchers, sociologists, and advanced students in these fields.
This book-containing contributions from scholars who are well-known
for their research on gangs, and selected as experts on the
assigned topics-examines youth gangs from a
developmental/life-course perspective, exploring a myriad of issues
related to gang membership, its causes, its consequences, and
various intervention efforts to both prevent gang membership and
reduce the problematic impact of gangs. Beginning with research
exploring the intergenerational continuity in gang membership and
examining the causal processes leading to gang membership, the
structure of the book reflects the developmental sequence of gang
membership. The consequences of gang membership for youth are
examined, as are intervention strategies. The book also presents
the first conceptual framework on female gang involvement, taking
into account the differences in the paths and roles that women and
girls may take into the gang. The book concludes by exploring how
gang membership affects job possibilities for young adults. This
book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of
Crime and Justice.
"[Gangs in America's Communities] is one of the most comprehensive
treatments of gangs in the marketplace. . . . I highly recommend
its adoption as you will not be disappointed and, most importantly,
neither will your students." -Elvira White-Lewis, Texas A&M
University-Commerce Gangs in America's Communities, Third Edition
blends theory with current research to help readers identify
essential features associated with youth violence and gangs, as
well as apply strategies for gang control and prevention. Authors
Dr. James C. Howell and Dr. Elizabeth Griffiths introduce readers
to theories of gang formation, illustrate various ways of defining
and classifying gangs, and discuss national trends in gang presence
and gang-related violence across American cities. They also offer
evidence-based strategies for positioning communities to prevent,
intervene, and address gang activity. New to the Third Edition: A
series of new case studies document the evolution of numerous gangs
in large cities, including the community aspect, evolutionary
nature, and how cities influence levels of violence. New
discussions highlighting the role of social media, insights into
how gangs use it to recruit members, and the response from law
enforcement. Current nationwide gang trends are discussed to
encourage readers to analyze and interpret the most recent
statistics for which representative data is available. Updated
macro and micro gang theories enable readers to explore a recent
encapsulation of leading developmental models. New discussions
around female gang members offer readers potentially effective
programs for discouraging females from joining gangs-along with
highly regarded delinquency prevention and reduction programs that
have the potency to be effective in reducing gang crimes among
young women. A comprehensive gang prevention, intervention, and
suppression program in Multnomah County, Oregon shows how theory
was successfully applied to reduce gang activity in a local
community. New research on "gang structures" and their rates of
crime illustrate the connections between violent crimes and the
amount of violent offenders within a gang. Additional discussion of
distinguishing features (e.g., typologies) of major gangs, and
numerous examples of gang symbols, tattoos, and graffiti has been
added to help readers identify and differentiate various types of
gangs.
The Second Edition of Preventing and Reducing Juvenile
Delinquency: A Comprehensive Framework aims to inform students
about the latest research and the most promising and effective
programs and provides a wealth of information for understanding,
preventing and controlling juvenile delinquency. Key Features
Examines the history of current juvenile justice system policies
and practices, including the juvenile violence "epidemic" Discusses
key myths about juvenile violence and the ability of the juvenile
justice system to handle modern-day juvenile delinquents Applies
developmental theories of juvenile delinquency to understanding how
juvenile offender careers evolve Reviews effective prevention and
rehabilitation programs and what does not work Presents a
comprehensive framework for building a continuum of effective
programs
Intended Audience: This is an ideal supplementary text for
undergraduate and graduate courses in juvenile delinquency,
juvenile justice, and violent offender intervention courses. It is
also essential reading for juvenile justice and social services
research and development specialists.
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Worshipful (Paperback)
James C. Howell
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Description: Struck from Behind is a memoir--but not the usual
narrative of events. James Howell tells intriguing stories from
childhood, romantic life, travel, friendships, tragedies, and
wonders, and how God was there, although unnoticed or uninvited at
the time. By sharing in retrospect how he now understands God's
presence in seemingly mundane moments, we begin to sense something
of God's way in the world, and in our own lives. Howell has been a
successful pastor and published theologian. In Struck from Behind
he opens up his own private life as a window into God's hidden
activity. When he remembers, then we too remember God, and begin to
notice, and become grateful. Endorsements: ""A wordsmith with a
purpose, James Howell bares just enough of his romantic pastor's
soul to allow us to better understand our own. His earthy
reminiscences are a beautiful invitation to unearth the
transcendent in our own messy lives."" --Lillian Daniel, Senior
Minister, First Congregational Church, UCC ""James Howell is simply
incapable of thinking of his life without thinking of the
uproarious and creative grace of God. That's why this book is such
a treasure. That God still sends us such preachers is a sign we've
not been abandoned."" --Jason Byassee, Senior Pastor, Boone United
Methodist Church About the Contributor(s): James Howell is Senior
Pastor of Myers Park United Methodist Church in Charlotte, North
Carolina, and Adjunct Professor of Preaching at Duke Divinity
School. The author of fifteen books, he is a columnist and blogger
who has preached all around the world.
Veteran pastor James C. Howell skillfully unpacks one of the most
powerful verses in the Old Testament, Micah 6:8: "What does the
Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to
walk humbly with your God?" Howell illuminates the original context
in which this verse was written, while demonstrating how it can
still guide us in our lives today.A Leader's Guide is also included
in this book, making it a wonderful resource for both group and
individual use.
How are we to know the will of God? In this honest discussion,
veteran pastor and theologian James C. Howell considers a number of
issues relating to God's will, how it is known, how it is done, and
how we respond when bad things happen and we feel God is absent or
has turned away from us. In this sensitive presentation, Howell
explores these questions and provides ways of recognizing the true
things to which we can hold in the midst of hard times. Howell
proceeds simply and practically to consider personal understandings
of God, God's will for our lives, and ways in which God's will is
lived. He reflects on what to do and believe when bad things
happen, "why" they happen, and the quest for God in the midst of it
all, recognizing that God's will is for good.
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