Handbook for Evidence-Based Juvenile Justice Systems

This revised edition features updated research, new developments in technology, recent policy on juvenile delinquency and youth violence, and provides a framework for evidence-informed state juvenile justice systems: The Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Research with Important Implications for Juvenile Justice Practice
Chapter 2: A Comprehensive Strategy for Evidence-Based Juvenile Justice Practice
Chapter 3: Effective Evidence-Based Prevention and Intervention Programs for Juvenile Offenders
Chapter 4: The Standardized Program Evaluation Protocol
Chapter 5: Initiating and Sustaining Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter 6: Eight Key Administrative Tools That Support Evidence-Base Programming

About the author

James C. Howell (BA, MDiv, PhD) is Senior Pastor of Myers Park United Methodist Church in Charlotte, and adjunct professor of preaching at Duke Divinity School. He is the author of fifteen books and is a popular speaker and blogger.

Product details

• Authors: Nancy J. Hodges, James C. Howell, James C. Lipsey Howell, Megan Q. Howell, Howell James C., Mark W. Lipsey, Lipsey Mark W., John J. Wilson, Wilson John J.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2023
• EAN: 9781498595872
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9587-2
• No. of pages: 182
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Social welfare & social services, Social welfare and social services, Juvenile offenders