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Several million reported and unreported delinquent acts take place
each year. In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Justice and
the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, juvenile delinquency,
acting-out and oppositional behavior, illegal drugs, guns, and
youth violence are pervasive throughout American society. Juvenile
Justice Sourcebook is the first comprehensive volume devoted
exclusively to the biopsychosocial assessment, police and juvenile
court processing, and institutional and community-based treatment
and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders. The overriding objective
of this sourcebook is to trace the tremendous progress achieved
toward resolving juvenile justice issues, dilemmas, and
controversies, while providing futuristic visions for the juvenile
justice field. Each chapter, authored by preeminent expert
practitioners and researchers, explores topics ranging from
innovative counseling and multisystemic programs, to restorative
justice, to rehabilitation programs such as aggression replacement
training, wilderness programs, family treatment, substance abuse
treatment, restitution, and aftercare. This volume, grounded in
history and exhaustive research, presents the latest evidence-based
policies, programs, and innovative treatment alternatives.
Examining the entire juvenile justice system, including juvenile
law, policies, practices, and research, the Juvenile Justice
Sourcebook will be invaluable to all juvenile justice
practitioners, policy analysts, researchers, and students.
America's incarceration rate was roughly constant from 1925 to
1973, with an average of 110 people behind bars for every 100,000
residents. By 2013, however, the rate of incarceration in state and
federal prisons had increased sevenfold to 716. Compared with 102
for Canada, 132 for England and Wales, 85 for France, and a paltry
48 in Japan, the United States is the worlds' most aggressive
jailer. When one factors in those on parole or probation, the
American correctional system is in control of more than 7.3 million
Americans, or one in every 31 U.S. adults. This means that 6.7
million adult men and women - about 3.1 percent of the total U.S.
adult population - are now very non-voluntary members of America's
"correctional community." Some key questions that need to be
addressed are: "What are we doing with those 7.3 million Americans?
How are they being treated while they are incarcerated? How can we
best prepare them to return to their communities?" More than
650,000 offenders are released back into our communities every
year; however, 70% are rearrested within three years of their
release. Serving the Stigmatized is the first book of its kind that
explores best practices when dealing with a specific prison
population while under some form of institutional control. If the
established goal of a correctional facility is to "rehabilitate,"
then it is imperative that the rehabilitation is effective and does
not simply serve as a political buzz word. The timing of releasing
this book coincides with a real movement in the United States,
supported by both conservative and liberal advocates and
foundations, to decrease the size of the prison population by
returning more offenders to their communities. The text examines 14
specific populations and how to effectively treat them in order to
better serve them and our communities.
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