Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Recriminalizing Violent Juvenile Crime
- 2 Taking Stock of Juvenile Justice Reforms
- 3 Recriminalization on the Move and Its Legal Rules
- 4 Contextual and Legal Reasons for Identifying Juveniles as Criminal Offenders
- 5 The Case Processing of Juvenile Offenders: From Arrest to Disposition
- 6 Recriminalization and Organizing for Deterrence
- 7 Convicted Juvenile Offenders in a Maximum Security Institution
- 8 Concluding “Real” Reasons for Recriminalizing Delinquency
- Appendixes
- A Definitions of Designated Felony Offenses
- B Survey to Measure Prosecutorial Attitudes
- C Offense Severity Weights
- Notes
- References
- Index
C - Offense Severity Weights
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Recriminalizing Violent Juvenile Crime
- 2 Taking Stock of Juvenile Justice Reforms
- 3 Recriminalization on the Move and Its Legal Rules
- 4 Contextual and Legal Reasons for Identifying Juveniles as Criminal Offenders
- 5 The Case Processing of Juvenile Offenders: From Arrest to Disposition
- 6 Recriminalization and Organizing for Deterrence
- 7 Convicted Juvenile Offenders in a Maximum Security Institution
- 8 Concluding “Real” Reasons for Recriminalizing Delinquency
- Appendixes
- A Definitions of Designated Felony Offenses
- B Survey to Measure Prosecutorial Attitudes
- C Offense Severity Weights
- Notes
- References
- Index
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- Recriminalizing DelinquencyViolent Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice Reform, pp. 205 - 206Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1996