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Chapter 1. Juvenile Justice in Historical Perspective

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Chapter 2. Defining and Measuring Offenses by and Against Juveniles

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  • Youth Crime Rate Nearing Adult Crime Rate
    Reporters discuss the increase in crime rate among juveniles has spiked in Sioux Falls.
     
  • How We Cut Youth Violence in Boston by 79 Percent
    An architect of the “Boston miracle,” Rev. Jeffrey Brown started out as a bewildered young pastor watching his Boston neighborhood fall apart around him, as drugs and gang violence took hold of the kids on the streets. The first step to recovery: Listen to those kids, don’t just preach to them, and help them reduce violence in their own neighborhoods. It’s a powerful talk about listening to make change.
     
  • Jacksonville Mayor, DCPS Superintendent to Meet about Youth Crime
    Due to increase in crime, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry plans to meet with Duval County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Nikolai Vitti to talk about how they can collaborate to reduce youth crime and violence. 

Chapter 3. Characteristics of Juvenile Offenders

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Chapter 4. Theories of Causation

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  • Exploring the Mind of a Killer
    Psychopathic killers are the basis for some must-watch TV, but what really makes them tick? Neuroscientist Jim Fallon talks about brain scans and genetic analysis that may uncover the rotten wiring in the nature (and nurture) of murderers. In a too-strange-for-fiction twist, he shares a fascinating family history that makes his work chillingly personal.
     
  • Environment and Crime
    Report on the cold weather crime wave by Today Show correspondent.
     
  • Why Teenage Boys Do Stupid Things
    Report of teens engaging in hazardous behavior.

Chapter 5. Child Abuse and Neglect

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  • Sex Offenders
    Houston FBI: One of the worst child sex abuse cases ever.
     
  • Sex Offenders
    Video highlights Jerry Sandusky’s sentencing.
     
  • Why Domestic Violence Victims Don’t Leave
    Leslie Morgan Steiner was in “crazy love”—that is, madly in love with a man who routinely abused her and threatened her life. Steiner tells the story of her relationship, correcting misconceptions many people hold about victims of domestic violence, and explaining how we can all help break the silence.

Chapter 6. Purpose and Scope of Juvenile Court Acts

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Chapter 7. Juvenile Justice Procedures

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Chapter 8. Juveniles and the Police

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Chapter 9. Key Figures in Juvenile Court Proceedings

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Chapter 10. Prevention and Diversion Programs

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Chapter 11. Dispositional Alternatives

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Chapter 12. Violent Juveniles and Gangs

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  • Gangs and Juvenile Justice
    “Building Resiliency: Alternatives to Gangs,” a town hall-style meeting, included a panel discussion on youth gangs. Panelists discussed youth gang prevention, intervention, suppression, and re-entry strategies. They also talked about proven community-wide approaches to youth gang reduction efforts. Mr. Costigan moderated the panel.
     
  • Suspects sought in surge of deadly gang violence in Santa Ana
    The Santa Ana community saw a week filled with gang violence, and authorities are asking for help to find several killers.
     
  • Gang violence on the rise
    Taxifornia 2016” Author James Lacy weighs in on California’s gang problem.

Chapter 13. Global Issues in Juvenile Justice

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  • Life Inside Japan’s Aging Biker Gangs
    VICE Japan followed some of the country’s most infamous bikers to hear about their violent pasts and dying subculture.
     
  • Why Kenco is taking on gang culture
    Increasingly brands are in the business of selling ideas bigger than their brands and Kenco is taking this concept to the next level with its Coffee versus Gangs project, writes Nicola Kemp.
     
  • The Maras: A Gang’s Reign of Terror
    They’re called the Maras . . . A gang identified by their menacing tattoos. Having unleashed a wave of violence across large parts of Central America, their reign of terror is now spreading even further . . . and leaving thousands fearing for their lives.

Chapter 14. The Future of Juvenile Justice

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