Selected Bibliography of Juvenile Delinquency Resources
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Searching for Items in Mirlyn
Items owned by the Social Work Library which deal with juvenile delinquency or juvenile justice can be found by searching the Mirlyn catalog for "Subject begins with . . " the phrase juvenile delinquency. Because resources on juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice may be found under a variety of related subject headings, we provide some suggested headings below, which can be used for searching the catalog. In addition, keyword terms might be found in the National Criminal Justice Thesaurus (Z 695.1 .C84 U57 1998), or in the Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms (HM 17 .T5311 1996).
Some suggested and related subject headings to browse in the catalog include:
| Conduct Disorders in Children | Problem Youth |
| Juvenile Corrections | Reformatories |
| Juvenile Courts | School Violence |
| Juvenile Detention Homes | Social Work with Juvenile Delinquents |
| Juvenile Homicide | Violence in Adolescence |
| Juvenile Justice | Juvenile delinquents |
| Gangs | Gang members |
Reference Books
Dressler, J. (Ed.). (2002). Encyclopedia of crime and justice (2nd ed., Vols. 1-4). New York: Macmillan Reference USA. HV 6017 .E521 2002
Goddard, M.M. (Ed.). (2004). Grants for at-risk youth. New York: Aspen Publishers. HV 1431 .G73 2004 Reference
Guerra, N. (1996). A program planning guide for youth violence prevention. Boulder, CO: Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence. HV 9104 .G8471 1996 Reference
Juvenile offenders and victims: 1997 update on violence (1996). Washington, DC, OJJDP. HV 9103 .J89 1997 Reference
National juvenile detention directory (2001-2002). Laurel, MD, American Correctional Association. HV 9103 .A44 2000/2002 Reference
Roberts, A.R. & Green, G.J. (Eds.). (2002). Social workers' desk reference. New York: Oxford University Press. HV 40 .S64641 2002 Reference (See Juvenile Sex Offenders Risk Assessment and Treatment, Evidence-Based, Family-Strengthening Strategies to Reduce Delinquency, and Evidence-Based Treatments for Adolescents with Externalizing Disorders)
Snyder, H. N. (1995). Juvenile offenders and victims: A national report. Washington, DC: OJJDP. HV 9104 .S7271 1995 Reference
Youth violence: lessons from the experts (1998). Minneapolis, University of Minnesota. HV 9104 .Y685 1998 Reference
Books
Ashford, J.B., Sales, B.D., & Reid, W.H. (Eds.). (2001). Treating adult and juvenile offenders with special needs. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. RC 451.4 .P68 I671 2001
Bemak, F. & Keys, S. (2000). Violent and aggressive youth. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. LB 3013.3 .B451 2000
Boesky, L.M. (2002). Juvenile offenders with mental health disorders: Who are they and what do we do with them? Lanham, MD: American Correctional Association. HV 9060 .B64 2002
Brown, D. et al. (2002). Barriers and promising approaches to workforce and youth development for young offenders: Overview. Baltimore, MD: Annie E. Casey Foundation. HV 9104 .B337 2002
Duffy, M.P. & Gillig, S.E. (2004). Teen gangs: A global view. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. HV 6437 .T441 2004
Glicken, M.D. & Sechrest, D.K. (2003). The role of the helping professions in treating the victims and perpetrators of violence. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. HV 6250.3 .U5 G541 2003
Gottfredson, D. G. (2001). Schools and delinquency. New York: Cambridge University Press. HV 9104 .G633351 2001
Grisso, T. (2004). Double jeopardy: Adolescent offenders with mental disorders. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. RJ 506 .J88 G751 2004
Hoffman, A. M. & Summers, R. W. (2001). Teen violence: A global view. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. HV 9069 .T3731 2001
Houston, J. & Barton, S.M. (2005). Juvenile justice: Theory, systems, and organization. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. HV 9104 .H7551 2005
Howell, J.C. (2003). Preventing and reducing juvenile delinquency: A comprehensive framework. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. HV 9104 .H761 2003
Know, G. W. (2000). An introduction to gangs. Chicago: New Chicago School Press, Inc. HV 6439 .U7 K74 2000
Loeber, R. & Farrington, D.P. (Eds.). (2001). Child delinquents: Development, intervention, and service needs. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. HV 9069 .C3951 2001
Mann, R. M. (Ed.). (2000). Juvenile crime and delinquency. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press, Inc. HV 9108 .J88 2000
Office of the Surgeon General. (2001). Youth violence: A report of the Surgeon General. Washington, DC: Dept. of Health and Human Services, US Public Health Service. HQ 799.2 .V56 U561 2001
Quinsey, V.L. et al. (2004). Juvenile delinquency: Understanding the origins of individual differences. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. HV 9069 .J7951 2004
Rosenheim. M.K. (2002). A century of juvenile justice. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. KF 9779 .C461 2002
Sarri, R. (2003.) Youth in transition: A comparitive study of adolescent girls in community-based and residential programs. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research. HV 9105 .M5 Y68 2003 Faculty Authors
Shafii, M. & Shafii, S.L. (2001). School violence: Assessment, management, prevention. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Pub. LB 3013.3 .S37651 2001
Shoemaker, D.J. (2005). Theories of delinquency: An examination of explanations of delinquent behavior (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. HV 9069 .S5251 2005
Siegel, L.J., Welsh, B.C., & Senna, J.J. (2003). Juvenile delinquency: Theory, practice and law (8th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning. HV 9104 .S531 2003
Swenson, C.C. et al. (2005). Multisystemic therapy and neighborhood partnerships: Reducing adolescent violence and substance abuse. New York: Guilford Press. RJ 506 .J88 M841 2005
Tracy, P.E. (2002). Decision making and juvenile justice: An analysis of bias in case processing. Westport, CT: Praeger. HV 9069 .T781 2002
Weatherburn, D. & Lind, B. (2001). Delinquent-prone communities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. HV 9230 .A6 N48 W33 2001
White, S. (2001). Handbook of youth and justice. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. HV 9069 .H3121 2001
Wooden, W. S. & Blazak, R. (2001). Renegade kids, suburban outlaws: From youth culture to delinquency. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Pub. HV 1421 .W661 2001
Yablonsky, L. (2000). Juvenile delinquency: Into the 21st century. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. HV 9104 .Y331 2000
Journals
The University of Michigan subscribes to a number of databases which contain useful information about juvenile delinquency. However, to find the best article for one's topic, it is recommended that one use the appropriate indexes/databases first. Unless otherwise indicated, all titles listed are available in the Social Work Library. For details on specific library holdings, consult Mirlyn.
Children and Youth Services Review. New York, Pergamon Press.
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Full-text available only to U-M students; available on campus at Social Work (1979-present)
Crime and Delinquency. New York, National Council on Crime and Delinquency.
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Full-text available only to U-M students; available on campus at Social Work (1960-present)
Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. Binghamton, NY, Haworth Press.
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Available on campus at: Social Work (1990-present)
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. New York, Sage Publications.
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Full-text available only to U-M students; available on campus at Social Work (1974-present)
Databases
The University of Michigan subscribes to a number of databases which contain useful information about juvenile delinquency. Use of many of these databases is restricted to the U of M community. These databases are identified with this symbol: 
. For a complete description of a database, including years of coverage, please see the Social Work Library's Alphabetical List of Databases.
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Search delinquency or delinquencts as an ANY WORD search. For tips on using this database, please see the Social Work Library's "How To Search Biblioline Databases" guide.
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Type juvenile delinquency in the search box and search for the phrase in the subject (DE=) field. For more tips on using this database, please see the Social Work Library's "How to Search CSA Illumina" guide.
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Search for delinquency or juvenile justice as subject terms.
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Search the term juvenile delinquency to find articles about juvenile delinquency published in legal and criminology journals.
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Find newspaper articles about juvenile delinquency in the "news" section, and find legal reviews and federal and state laws related to juvenile justice in the "legal research" section. For assistance in searching LexisNexis Academic, see the Social Work Library's "How to Search LexisNexis Academic" page.
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Search for the term juvenile delinquency or youth gangs in the "Power Tables" or "Abstracts" section to find statistics relating to juvenile delinquency.
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Search for the subject juvenile delinquency or a more specific term to find citations from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service's database of government publications. This database is a great source for statistics.
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PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)
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Search the keywords juvenile delinquency for relevant articles.
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Use the subject terms juvenile delinquency, juvenile delinquent, or juvenile gangs. For more tips on using this database, please see the Social Work Library's "How to search PsycINFO" guide.
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Type juvenile-delinquency in de in the search box. Also search for juvenile-justice in de. For more tips on using this database, please see the Social Work Library's "How to Search Social Work Abstracts" guide.
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Search for juvenile delinquency or juvenile offenders in the descriptors (DE=) field. For more tips on using this database, please see the Social Work Library's "How to Search CSA Illumina" guide.
Videos
Lind, D.G. (1997). Youth violence: failing our children. Iowa City: University of Iowa. VIDEO 28813-H Film & Video Library
Schatz, A. & Edginton, M. (1995). What can we do about violence?: A Bill Moyers special. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities. VIDEO 28660-H Film & Video Library
Weisberg, R & Nossel, M. (2001). A Brooklyn family tale. New York: Filmakers Library. VIDEO 35398-H Film & Video Library
Other Libraries
Not all resources on juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice are located in the Social Work Library. The following libraries also have a number of resources on this topic:
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OJJDP is guided by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and is a subset of the US Department of Justice. Their website provides general information about Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, including conferences, funding, and publications. The site also includes a variety ofstatistical information, which can be found in the following section on statistics.
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Programs - design, implementation, evaluation and contact information for OJJDP's programs.
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Publications - this section contains lists of current and past OJJDP publications, and links to publications by other organizations, including a number of online publications available for download
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This site contains a list of resources from the Justice Information Center, a service of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service.
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Florida State University's Department of Criminology has developed a list of useful web sites for a variety of Juvenile Justice topics. Some topics covered are gangs, minority males and delinquency, school crime, and juvenile court system.
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Another page from FSU's Dept. of Criminology, this page contains links in a number of subjects. Prevention programs, at-risk youth, and treatment programs are some of the topics covered. The page also has links to other Criminal Justice resources.
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Formed as a part of OJJDP's response to increasing gang violence, the National Youth Gang Center publishes informative literature about gang violence and works with state and local organizations in prevention of gang violence.
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Developed by Building Blocks for Youth, this page contains a list of "fact sheets" on a variety of topics within juvenile justice. Topics covered are myths and facts about juvenile crime, minority youth, successful prevention programs and others.
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Children's Defense Fund is a youth advocacy organization with connections to the religious community. Resources including information on gun violence and school violence, as well as state violence prevention statistics, are available on their site.
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Report presented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), in response to the administration's and Congress' request for a report that "summariz[ed] what research has revealed to us about youth violence, its causes, and its prevention."
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A short definition list of terms used in relation to juveniles and criminal justice, compiled by a professor at North Caroline Wesleyan College.
Statistical Resources
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ICPSR has the world's largest collection of computerized social science data. Search the archive to find relevant information about juvenile delinquency, gangs or school violence. Certain resources require affiliation with the University of Michigan to gain access.
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The "most commonly asked questions about juvenile offending, victimization of juveniles, and involvement of youth in the juvenile justice system."
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Created by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, this site contains information on juvenile arrests and arrests organized by age group. Follow the "Selected Statistics" link from the main page.
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Online version of the sourcebook created by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The current site presents information that will be included in the newest print edition. The site is organized by topic but allows keyword searching. There is also a specific section on juvenile delinquency.
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(Sub-title=Trends in the Well-Being of American Youth). "Youth Indicators is a statistical compilation of data on family structure, jobs, education, and other elements that comprise the world of young people . . . This edition highlights the transition of high school students into the labor force."