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Black Youths, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice

by Janice Joseph

Pages: 216

Contributors: Janice Joseph

Publisher: Praeger Publishers

Place of Publication: Westport, CT

Publication Year: 1995

Subjects: African American Youth,African American Juvenile Delinquents--United States,Discrimination In Criminal Justice Administration--United States

Table of Contents

Title Page

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1: Definition, Nature, and Extent of Delinquency

Summary

2: Black Youths and American Society

Summary

Note

3: Black Youths and Delinquency

Summary

4: Explanatory Approaches to Delinquency

Summary

5: Police and Black Youths

Summary

6: Black Youths and Juvenile Court

Summary

7: Juveniles and Adult Court

Summary

8: Juvenile Institutions

Summary

9: Community-Based Treatment Programs

Summary

10: Delinquency Prevention

Summary

11: Black Youths, and the Future of Juvenile Justice

Summary

References

Index

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