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Responding to Troubled Youth (Studies in Crime and Public Policy) Book

Responding to Troubled Youth : Hardback : Oxford University Press Inc : 9780195098532 : 0195098536 : 14 Aug 1997 : This book provides an overview of the dominant philosophical approaches and practices in handling status offenders--those children who habitually resist the control of their parents and schools, who run away from home, who drink and stay out after curfew. The three basic and competing social philosophies in responding to these troubled and troublesome youths--discussed at length in this book--are known as the treatment, deterrence, and normalization rationales. In examining these philosophies, the...Read More

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    This book provides an overview of the dominant philosophical approaches and practices in handling status offenders--the kinds of youth who habitually resist the control of their parents and schools, who run away from home, who drink and stay out after curfew. The three basic and competing social philosophies in responding to these troubled and troublesome youths are the treatment, deterrence, and normalization rationales. The authors look at local community services' response to status offenders in seven cities to determine whether local practices conform with the ideological thrusts embedded in state legislation.

  • 0195098536
  • 9780195098532
  • Cheryl L. Maxson, Malcolm W. Klein
  • 14 August 1997
  • OUP USA
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 224
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