Juvenile Justice Practice: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Intervention - Softcover

Ellis, Rodney; Sowers, Karen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 053436795X ISBN 13: 9780534367954

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2000

Synopsis

This unique, practical, and exciting introductory text (for practitioners from virtually every discipline who work within the juvenile justice system) provides information and skill-building exercises across a range of practice never before covered in a single text. Its breadth provides the new or aspiring practitioner with a solid, comprehensive foundation for future work. The authors offer workable solutions to many of the real-life situations face by professionals in their daily lives. Although the book is extremely current in its inclusion of today's most effective techniques and interventions, the authors have built into the book a focus on teaching students methods of staying current on the latest effective intervention and trends within the system. Readers are encouraged to apply techniques that will help them establish relationships with and tap the resources of federal, state, and private juvenile justice organizations.

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Review

" practical for the juvenile justice systems and compassionate at the same time. . .well written, and has good coverage."

Synopsis

This introductory text (for practitioners from virtually every discipline who work within the juvenile justice system) provides information and skill-building exercises across a range of practice. Its breadth should provides the new or aspiring practitioner with a foundation for future work. In the first chapter, the authors identify many of the roles played by practitioners in various parts of the system, including direct practitioners, administrators, advisors, advocates, and researchers, and the ways in which practitioners in these roles interact. The text presents students with an overview of assessment as well as how the client's assessment can be addressed during the intervention process. Later students are taught to apply what has been learned in the previous chapters to culturally-sensitive, gender-sensitive, and developmentally sensitive intervention.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 053436795X
• ISBN 13: 9780534367954
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304