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BL
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949716
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b704086
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Greenwood, Peter W.
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| Title & Author
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Changing lives : : delinquency prevention as crime-control policy /\ Peter W. Greenwood ; foreword by Franklin E. Zimring.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2006.
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| Series Statement
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Adolescent development and legal policy
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1 online resource (xii, 224 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0226307239
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: 1281956988
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: 6611956980
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: 9780226307237
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: 9781281956989
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: 9786611956981
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0226307190
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0226307204
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9780226307190
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9780226307206
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-213) and index.
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| Contents
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Delinquency prevention as crime control -- The evolution of an idea -- Strategies for measuring program impact -- What works -- What doesn't work -- The uses and limits of cost effectiveness in allocating crime-prevention resources -- Politics, government, and prevention -- Programming in the modern juvenile court.
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| Abstract
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Historically, it has been historically 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. However, the promising research documented in Changing Lives presents methods that can directly remedy these deficiencies in our juvenile justice system. Peter W. Greenwood demonstrates here that as crime rates have fallen, researchers have identified more connections between specific risk factors and criminal behavior. At the same time, program develo.
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Crime prevention-- United States.
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Juvenile delinquency-- United States-- Prevention.
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Juvenile delinquents-- Rehabilitation-- United States.
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Criminalité-- Prévention-- États-Unis.
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Délinquance juvénile-- États-Unis-- Prévention.
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Jeunes délinquants-- Rééducation-- États-Unis.
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Crime prevention.
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Juvenile delinquency-- Prevention.
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Juvenile delinquents-- Rehabilitation.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Criminology.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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364.4
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HV9104.G685 2006eb
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