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Status Offenders. Historical Methods of Dealing with Non-Delinquents Core Requirements of JJDPA Amendments to JJDPA JJS and SOs Juvenile Court Process for SOs Rights of SOs in Adjudication Proceedings Dispositions of SOs Problems Bootstrapping Hidden Delinquency. Status Offenders.
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Status Offenders • Historical Methods of Dealing with Non-Delinquents • Core Requirements of JJDPA • Amendments to JJDPA • JJS and SOs • Juvenile Court Process for SOs • Rights of SOs in Adjudication Proceedings • Dispositions of SOs • ProblemsBootstrapping Hidden Delinquency
Status Offenders • SO case processing in the JJSInitial ContactIntakeAdjudicationDisposition • TruancyDay CrimeCausesCosts • Runaways • Curfew Violations
Peers and Delinquency: Gangs • Peer relations and delinquency • Gangs, defined • Media’s Distortion of Gangs • History of gangs • What Factors Explain Changes in Gang Activity?Economic Conditions Family Crisis • Types of Gangs • Location and GangsShifting Gang LocalesMigrationNeighborhood Reactions
Peers and Delinquency: Gangs • Demographics of GangsAge and GangsGender and GangsLeadership and GangsCommunication and Gangs • Gangs and Drugs • Drugs and ViolenceGangs and Violence • Interplay of all Three • Law Enforcement Efforts to Control Gangs
Schools and Delinquency • Education in Crisis • Academic Performance and DelinquencySchool Failure and DelinquencyCauses of School FailureDrop out Rates • School CrimeBullying and IntimidationSchool ShootingsReducing School Crime