This document is a literature review of evaluated programs to divert adult offenders from further involvement with the criminal justice system. It focuses on programmatic diversion efforts and is organized according to the stage in the criminal process at which the diversion initiative occurs: pre-charge diversion, deferred prosecution, diversion at the sentencing stage, and post-incarceration programs, with a final section on diversion-related ideas from the international arena.

This major 2-volume set is the first to treat in an inclusive reference what is usually considered a societal failing and the underside of sexuality and economic survival.

The book addresses the consequences of criminalization, the effectiveness of the measures used and the implications for attitudes towards the young.

Authors from Australia (John Braithwaite, Christine Parker), Europe (Lode Walgrave, Klaus Sessar, ElmarWeitekamp) and North America (Gordon Bazemore, Ray Corrado, Barry Feld, Curt Taylor Griffiths, Susan Guarino-Ghezzi, Russ Immarigeon, Andrew Klein, Maria Schiff, Mark Umbreit, Daniel van Ness) discuss juvenile justice and the response the youth crime.

For courses in Introduction to Corrections, Corrections in America, Prisons and Jails, Correctional Practices, Survey of Corrections, Penology, and Current Correctional Practices. Because of its strong organizational emphasis, could also be used for Correctional Administration Courses. Unique in perspective and exceptionally comprehensive in coverage, this text provides a complete "cutting-edge" overview of the entire field of corrections. Easy to read and extensively illustrated with quick-reference charts and graphs, it offers a balanced "insider's" view of how Corrections works in the real world including the most current trends and controversies.

By noting the strikingly different ages at which a child can be deemed criminally responsible in the English and German legal systems, Thomas Crofts explores the notion of doli incapax, that is the incapability of forming a guilty mind.

Provides a complete overview of the criminal justice process. It analyses the influences that shape criminal justice and examines the institutional and administrative features of its operation in all jurisdictions. Findlay, University of Sydney, Australia.