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1. Kids Who Commit Adult Crimes: Serious Criminality by Juvenile Offenders.

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Flowers, R. Barri and Flowers, R. Barri

Abstract

The increasingly serious nature of juvenile criminal behavior has led to greater efforts to understand the roots, causes, and correlates of juvenile violence and chronic delinquency, as well as develop more effective means of identifying at-risk youth and treating serious and violent juvenile offenders. This book examines the realities and dynamics of serious and violent youth offending and its implications. The book is divided into four parts. Part I explores serious juvenile crime including its magnitude; youth violence; kids, drugs and crime; school crime and violence; youth gangs and criminality; dating violence; and family violence. Part II examines explanations of juvenile delinquency and criminal behavior, including biological, psychological, and sociological perspectives; and intrafamilial causes and correlates of delinquency. Part III addresses juvenile crime and the justice system, including the police and juvenile offenders, youths and the juvenile and adult courts, and juvenile offenders in custody and confinement. Part IV examines responses to the problem of serious and violent juvenile offending and its precursors, including federal laws and prevention, intervention, and control strategies. (Contains over 400 references and an index.) (GCP)

Published
2002

2. Violent Women: Are They Catching Up To Violent Men or Have They Surpassed Them?

Author

Flowers, R. Barri

Abstract

Current statistics on arrests, convictions, and prison inmates and recent studies on violence by women indicate that the number of women who commit violent crimes is rising. Violent crimes include murder, rape, terrorism, gang participation, domestic violence, and prostitution. The first section, "Women Who Kill," discusses women who murder their partners in response to physical abuse. In "The Female Rapist," women are shown to be the aggressors in sexual assaults. Another violent crime, rarely associated with women, is terrorism. Recent studies show that female terrorists are displaying extreme viciousness and cruelty. As women struggle to meet their economic needs, their participation in gang activities that include muggings and thefts has increased. The physical abuse of children and partners by women appears to have surpassed the incidence of domestic violence by men. Violence that stems from prostitution involves the prostitutes' need to support their chemical dependency. Studies reveal that the increase in violence is not restricted to adult women, and the number of female juvenile offenders is also increasing. Four reasons are cited to explain violent women: (1) premenstrual syndrome; (2) the women's liberation movement; (3) economic pressures; and (4) substance abuse. Six suggestions are included for curbing violent behavior. (DJC)

Published
1987

3. The Adolescent Victim of Crime and Delinquency.

Author

Flowers, R. Barri

Abstract

Child maltreatment and juvenile delinquency have both been widely studied. While statistics on the number of cases of abuse or delinquency are quite high, they are considered conservative, and estimates of actual as opposed to reported cases are much higher. There are striking parallels between adolescent victimization and adolescent antisocial behavior and many researchers have associated one with the other. Although the victimization of adolescents has not been proven to cause antisocial behavior, the association between the two is both real and significant and cannot be dismissed in the study or prevention efforts of either. In order to better address adolescent victimization and delinquency, it is necessary to direct greater emphasis toward empirical research on delinquency and its relationship to adolescent maltreatment. Juvenile authorities need to be prepared to deal with both maltreatment and delinquency issues. The school needs to play a greater role in the identification and prevention of maltreatment and delinquency. Rather than being treated as criminals, delinquents should be recognized as victims of inadequate societal and family systems. Better counseling and follow-up of maltreated youth are needed to lower their risk of delinquency. Parents need to understand their role in maltreatment and in delinquency. While prevention is a major goal, more funding is needed for both research and program design. (NB)

Published
1986

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