Youth, Crime, and Justice: Learning Through Cases is an innovative case-based approached designed to serve as a primary textbook for a range of courses focusing on juvenile justice/policy; juvenile delinquency/crime/gangs; youth and society; childhood/adolescent development; and youth in trouble/conflict with the law. This comprehensive textbook covers the historical evolution of the core developmental institutions within modern society charged with the socialization, nurturance, guidance and regulation of children and youth including the family, schools, communities, child welfare and juvenile system. Adopting a life course perspective, the textbook examines the changing legal, social, regulatory, and political landscape of childhood and adolescence within American society with consistent focus on dynamics of race, class, ethnicity, gender, power and privilege. This book is unique in its focus on intersectionality. New features include a more thorough consideration of how justice operates across different intersections - race, gender, and class, for example - as well as an updated examination of significant changes in youth, crime, and justice, including new research on Adverse Childhood Experiences, youth-police relationships, and technology use. The book addresses challenges, successes, and promising practices in youth, crime, and justice from a youth development perspective. The Learning Through Cases model offers students and instructors the pedagogical power of the narrative to frame the complex dynamics of the lives of diverse youth within families, communities, schools, child welfare, and juvenile justice systems. Each of the twelve chapters begins with a compelling case that illustrates the core sociological concepts, real life stories and dilemmas which frame the ongoing challenges of the societal institutions charged with meeting the needs of children and youth.
Erika Gebo is professor of sociology & criminal justice at Suffolk University. She is a co-editor of the book, Looking Beyond Suppression: Community Responses to Gang Violence. Carolyn Boyes-Watson is Professor of sociology & criminal justice and the Director for the Center for Restorative Justice at Suffolk University. She is the author of Crime and Justice: Learning through Cases and co-author of Circle Forward: Building a Restorative School Community.
Preface Acknowledgments PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF YOUTH, CRIME, AND JUSTICE Chapter 1: Youth, Society, and the Law Learning Objectives Case Study 1: Judging Gina Introduction Juvenile Justice System Core Challenges Socio-Ecology: Age in a Life Context Social and Legal Constructions Intersectionality Positive Youth Development Lens Key Terms Chapter Questions & Discussions Check it Out Chapter 2: Youth and Developmental Institutions Learning Objectives Case Study 2: Saving or Exploiting Children? Introduction Decline of Family-Based Systems of Social Control Emergence of Childhood Industrialization, Urbanization, & Immigration Emergence & Regulation of Adolescence Institution Building Era Controlling Adolescent Girls Racial Segregation Parens Patriae Legal Doctrine Origins of Child Welfare Juvenile Court Creation Comparing Rhetoric with Reality Key Terms Chapter Questions & Discussions Check it Out Chapter 3: Paradigms of Youth Justice Learning Objectives Case Study 3: A Tragedy or a Crime? Introduction Juvenile Justice Cycles or Shifts? The Classical Juvenile Justice Paradigm The Juvenile Rights Paradigm The "Get Tough" Paradigm The Positive Youth Development & Community Restorative Justice Paradigm Key Terms Chapter Questions & Discussions Check it Out PART II: PATHWAYS TO CRIME FOR MALES AND FEMALES Chapter 4: Measurement & Correlates of Youth Crime and Violence Learning Objectives Case Study 4: Not Just Another Statistic: The Hope of Tribal Justice for Indigenous Youth Introduction Measuring Delinquency A Snapshot of Juvenile Crime Juvenile Victimization Adverse Childhood Experiences Correlates of Violence Key Terms Chapter Questions & Discussions Check it Out Chapter 5: Delinquency, Victimization, and Pathways to Offending for Boys Learning Objectives Case Study 5: Learning the Code Introduction Theories of Delinquency Person-Centered Theories Society-Centered Theories Integrated Theories Critical Theories Key Terms Chapter Questions & Discussions Check it Out Chapter 6: Delinquency, Victimization, and Pathways to Offending for Girls Learning Objectives Case Study 6: Addicted to Love: Growing up on the Track Introduction Female Delinquency Recap Feminist Perspectives on Gender & Justice Female Pathways to Delinquency Risk & Protective Factor Framework Key Terms Chapter Questions & Discussions Check it Out Chapter 7: Gangs & Serious, Violent, Chronic Offenders Learning Objectives Case Study 7: Confessions of a Former Latin King Introduction Understanding Gangs Serious, Violent, and Chronic Offenders Promising Innovations Addressing Gangs & SVC Offenders Key Terms Chapter Questions & Discussions Check it Out Chapter 8: Youth, Schools, & Problem Behaviors Learning Objectives Case Study 8: Mobilizing for Change: Youth Respond to School Gun Violence Introduction Education and Inequality School Crime School Climate Discipline & the School to Prison Pipeline School Programs for Positive Change Key Terms Chapter Questions & Discussions Check it Out PART III: THE CONTEMPORARY JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM Chapter 9: Youth and Police Learning Objectives Case Study 9: Victor Rios Changing What Police See Introduction History of Policing Youth in America Juvenile Justice System Case Flow Police Role in Juvenile Justice Police Discretion Gender and Police Treatment Policing Practices Police and Civil Rights Changing Role of Police Key Terms Chapter Questions & Discussions Check it Out Chapter 10: Youth and the Courts Learning Objectives Case Study 10: Judging Our Youth Introduction Juvenile Court Evolution Juvenile Court Stages Key Court Personnel Court Practices & Effectiveness Significant Juvenile Justice Cases From Juvenile to Adult Court Future of Juvenile Court Key Terms Chapter Questions & Discussions Check it Out Chapter 11: Youth and Corrections Learning Objectives Case Study 11: From Punishment to Rehabilitation Introduction Intervening With Youth Diversion Probation Intermediate Sanctions Residential Corrections Key Issues in Residential Placement Key Terms Chapter Questions & Discussions Check it Out Chapter 12: Prevention, Intervention, and the Future of Youth Justice Learning Objectives Case Study 12: A Matter of Degrees Introduction Three Levels of Prevention What Works Evidence-Based Practices Evidence-Based Programs Comprehensive Community Initiatives What Does Not Work The Future of Youth & Juvenile Justice Concluding Thoughts Key Terms Chapter Questions & Discussions Check it Out Glossary Photo Credits Index About the Authors
