Diversion in the Juvenile Justice System and a Sociological Theory of Social Control

Chapters in this book

1. i-iv i
2. Preface v
3. Contents vii
4. Contributors xi
5. Part I: Theoretical Perspectives
6. Introduction to Part I: Theoretical Perspectives 3
7. The Idea of Prevention and the Critique of Instrumental Reason 5
8. Diversion in the Juvenile Justice System and a Sociological Theory of Social Control 17
9. Diversion and Social Control: Alternative Measures of Crime Control 35
10. Diversionary Tactics: A Rational Choice Approach 47
11. Part II: Diversion and the Juvenile Justice System
12. Introduction to Part II: Diversion and the Juvenile Justice System 71
13. The Impact and Role of Juvenile Diversion in the United States 75
14. Sentence Without Conviction. Notes on Diversion from the Juvenile Court in the Federal Republic of Germany 105
15. Radical Social Change and Diversion: Problems With Diversion-Oriented Crime Policy in the Critical Transformation of Social Structures and Changes in the Living Conditions of Adolescents 125
16. Part III: Alternative Sanctions: Theoretical Ideas and Empirical Results
17. Introduction to Part III: Alternative Sanctions: Theoretical Ideas and Empirical Results 137
18. Diversion, Reintegrative Shaming and Republican Criminology 141
19. Diversion in German Juvenile Justice: Its Practice, Impact, and Penal Policy Implications 159
20. Diversion in Juvenile Justice: Theoretical Expectations and Preliminary Results of a Treatment Outcome Evaluation of Juvenile Offenders 187
21. Part IV: Diversion, Social Work, and Restitution
22. Introduction to Part IV: Diversion, Social Work, and Restitution 229
23. Diversion? It Depends on What We Divert to: Some Comments on Diversion and the Restorative Alternatives 233
24. Concentration on the Wrong Offender Groups: An Assessment of Current Mediation and Restitution Programs 247
25. Measurements of Net-Widening 259
26. Alternative Social Work: Informalization of Social Control in the Field of Juvenile Delinquency - An Empirical Study 271
27. Informal Justice and Communication: The Case of Diversion and Victim-Offender Mediation 277
28. Diversion and Extrajudicial Programs: Preventive Claims and the Decision-making Process 295
29. A Discrete Outcome-Model to Measure Net-Widening Effects 305
30. Evaluation of Diversion Program Concepts 315
31. Fantasy and the Embodied Moral Capital: Children's Moral Judgments of Crime and Criminals 327
32. Part V: Legal Aspects of Diversion
33. Introduction to Part V: Legal Aspects of Diversion 341
34. Diversion and Constitutional Crime Policy 345
35. Efficiency Interests and the "Rule of Law" in Informal Proceedings 353
36. The Incompatibility of Treatment and Punishment 369
37. Forms of De Facto Decriminalization: Diversion and Defense 385
38. Juvenile-Specific Forms of Decriminalization 395
39. Self-incrimination Privilege and Police Interrogation: A Comparative View 407
40. Subject Index 431
41. Author Index 451