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This edition includes original essays from a broad array of gang researchers and experienced practitioners who work with gangs. The writing concentrates on American gangs and the agencies that study and deal with them.

Gangs --- Juvenile delinquents

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Christopher Mallett explores developmental pathways to juvenile delinquency, disentangling key risk factors for offending--and not least, showing how contact with the justice system may only compound the problem. Tracing a child's life from the earliest years through adolescence, Mallett investigates the processes by which mental health disorders, learning disabilities, experiences of abuse, and combinations of these factors may increase the likelihood of delinquency. He also finds unexpected lessons in resilience. Throughout, he draws on these insights to suggest valuable new ways of responding to issues in vulnerable populations. 

Juvenile delinquents --- Youth

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In 2002, a family-based approach to parole (Functional Family Parole), was implemented across the state of Washington. Rowland compares the behavioral and family functioning outcomes of youth who received the intervention with a matched control group of youth who received traditional parole. She finds that, without consideration of model adherence, the FFP and control groups did not differ in overall recidivism. However, when implemented with high model adherence, FFP achieved a 14.6% reduction in felony recidivism compared to traditional parole. As adherence to the FFP model increases, there

Juvenile delinquents --- Parole --- Families

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Criminals --- Juvenile delinquents --- Rehabilitation --- Germany.

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In Everyday Desistance, Laura Abrams and Diane J. Terry examine the lives of young people who spent considerable time in and out of correctional institutions as adolescents. These formerly incarcerated youth often struggle with the onset of adult responsibilities at a much earlier age than their more privileged counterparts. In the context of urban Los Angeles, with a large-scale gang culture and diminished employment prospects, further involvement in crime appears almost inevitable. Yet, as Abrams and Terry point out, these formerly imprisoned youth are often quite resilient and can be successful at creating lives for themselves after months or even years of living in institutions run by the juvenile justice system. This book narrates the day-to-day experiences of these young men and women, focusing on their attempts to surmount the challenges of adulthood, resisting a return to criminal activity, and formulating long-term goals for a secure adult future.

Juvenile delinquents --- Delinquents --- Delinquents, Juvenile --- Juvenile offenders --- Offenders, Juvenile --- Offenders, Youthful --- Young offenders --- Youthful offenders --- Criminals --- Youth --- Rehabilitation