Juvenile Justice Administration

This volume illustrates through examples and interviews with juvenile justice administrators how these organizations and agencies function and provides a comparative analysis of juvenile justice systems across countries and continents. Using case studies to demonstrate the issues presented, the book examines the historical origins and goals of the juvenile justice system, tasks performed by juvenile justice administrators, management theories and administrative models, and relevant laws. It also presents a survey of police and juvenile justice issues in the United States, Canada, Japan, Austria, and South Africa and discusses probation, parole, community-based sanctions, and correctional facilities for juvenile offenders._x005F_x000D_