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Deterrence and Juvenile Crime

Results from a National Policy Experiment

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  1. Anne L. Schneider

    1. College of Public Programs, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

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Part of the book series: Research in Criminology (RESEARCH CRIM.)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. The Punishment Perspective

    • Anne L. Schneider
    Pages 1-5

  3. Policy, Perceptions, and Criminal Behavior

    • Anne L. Schneider
    Pages 6-18

  4. Rational Choice and Decision Heuristics

    • Anne L. Schneider
    Pages 19-28

  5. Juvenile Offenders: Methods and Measures

    • Anne L. Schneider
    Pages 29-58

  6. The Perceptual Basis of Juvenile Crime

    • Anne L. Schneider
    Pages 59-76

  7. Direct Effects of Programs on Recidivism

    • Anne L. Schneider
    Pages 77-89

  8. Experiences, Perceptions, and Recidivism

    • Anne L. Schneider
    Pages 90-104

  9. Conclusions

    • Anne L. Schneider
    Pages 105-111

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 112-129
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About this book

"Americans have an abiding faith in punishment", asserts Anne Schneider in her introduction of Deterrence and Juvenile Crime. Dr. Schneider explores this "abiding faith" in her volume, overviewing past assumptions that punishment or merely the threat of punishment necessarily deters criminal behavior. She critically examines specific deterrence theories and presents the methodology used in her own research - research whose findings are often quite disruptive to those assumptions held so long. Using data from six experimental studies in U.S. cities, she finds that instilling a sense of citizenship is more important in reducing future criminal behavior than enhancing the certainty or severity of punishment. Beyond these results, the author raises some pointed issues to explain why perceptions of certainty and severity of punishment generally perform so inadequately in predicting subsequent offenses. A comparison between incarceration methods and community-based restitution programs, as well as the implications of policy, comprise a thorough discussion which focuses on the future and reflects upon the role of random experiments regarding issues of public policy initiatives.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • College of Public Programs, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

    Anne L. Schneider

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Deterrence and Juvenile Crime

  • Book Subtitle: Results from a National Policy Experiment

  • Authors: Anne L. Schneider

  • Series Title: Research in Criminology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8925-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-8927-9Published: 04 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-8925-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-7540

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 127

  • Topics: Psychology, general

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