It has been acknowledged for some years that the early onset of delinquency can predict a long and serious criminal career. Most resources are targeted at the teenage years but this book argues convincingly that research and interventions should be aimed at child delinquents, aged 12 and under.This book addresses key problems in criminological research and makes studies from Holland more accessible to a wider audience. It provides information and analyses on risk factors and reviews screening tools and risk-focused prevention methods. The contributions should increase visibility and accessibility of European policy and practice in the explanation and prevention of child delinquency.
Author(s): Peter H. van der Laan and Machteld Hoeve, Rolf Loeber, N. Wim Slot, Rolf Loeber, N. Wim Slot, Peter Van Der Laan, Machteld Hoeve
Publisher: Ashgate
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 390
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 10
List of Contributors......Page 12
Foreword......Page 18
PART I: THE PROBLEM......Page 20
1 Child Delinquents and Tomorrow’s Serious Delinquents: Key Questions Addressed in This Volume......Page 22
PART II: MANIFESTATIONS......Page 38
2 Child Delinquency as Seen by Children, the Police and the Justice System......Page 40
3 Child Delinquency as Seen By Parents, Teachers and Psychiatrists......Page 54
4 Victimisation of Children......Page 82
PART III: CORRELATES AND CAUSES......Page 92
5 Individual Factors......Page 94
6 Family Processes and Parent and Child Personality Characteristics......Page 110
7 Peer Relationships and the Development of Externalising Problem Behaviour......Page 122
8 Bullying in Primary School......Page 140
9 A Cumulative Developmental Model of Risk and Promotive Factors......Page 152
PART IV: PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION......Page 182
10 Screening and Assessments......Page 184
11 Prevention......Page 198
12 Interventions......Page 216
13 Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness of Prevention and Treatment......Page 234
PART V: LEGAL AND EUROPEAN CONTEXTS......Page 246
14 Juvenile Justice: International Rights and Standards......Page 248
15 Early Interventions with At-Risk Children in Europe......Page 266
PART VI: CONCLUSIONS......Page 278
16 Conclusions and Recommendations......Page 280
Appendix 1: A Canadian Programme for Child Delinquents......Page 304
Bibliography......Page 320
C......Page 384
G......Page 385
L......Page 386
P......Page 387
S......Page 388
V......Page 389
Z......Page 390
