Juvenile Justice - Vantage Learning Platform

An Active-Learning Approach

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KEY FEATURES OF JUVENILE JUSTICE, SECOND EDITION

New to this Edition:

• Language has been updated throughout the book to be more culturally relevant.
• Updated photos for enhanced visual appeal.
• Revised tables and figures to reflect the latest available data.

Key Features:

• A unique chapter on Juveniles and Cybercrime enables students to think critically about cyberbullying, cyberstalking, child pornography, and digital piracy.
• Humanizing the individuals involved in the juvenile justice system, each chapter opens with a vignette to highlight a contemporary issue for that particular subject.
• Case studies and accompanying questions encourage students to discuss and debate real-world examples of juvenile court cases.
• A variety of active-learning exercises developed by the authors, some individual and some group-oriented, enhance student learning.
  • In the Media exercises encourage students to think about the relationship between traditional and social media and how they impact juvenile behavior.
  • Navigating the Field exercises let students explore and evaluate evidence-based strategies that have impacted a juvenile justice program, policy, or practice related to the chapter content.
  • Exploring Juvenile Justice Further application activities at the end of each chapter offer additional opportunities for students to apply what they have learned in class to the real world.