Changing Lives - Delinquency Prevention As Crime-Control Policy

Informationen zum Autor Peter W. Greenwood is former director of the RAND Corporation's Criminal Justice Program. He is coauthor of four previous books! including! most recently! Investing in Our Children. Klappentext Historically! it has been difficult to measure the impact of policies and programs designed to address juvenile crime. The most commonly used strategies for combating juvenile delinquency have primarily relied on intuition and fads. This book presents methods that can remedy these deficiencies in our juvenile justice system. Zusammenfassung Historically! it has been difficult to measure the impact of policies and programs designed to address juvenile crime. The most commonly used strategies for combating juvenile delinquency have primarily relied on intuition and fads. This book presents methods that can remedy these deficiencies in our juvenile justice system.

Product details

• Authors: Peter W. Greenwood, Peter W./ Zimring Greenwood, GREENWOOD PETER W
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2007
• EAN: 9780226307206
• ISBN: 978-0-226-30720-6
• No. of pages: 236
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Adolescent Development and Leg; Adolescent Development and Legal Policy; Adolescent Development and Legal Policy (CHUP)
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries