Conducting Research in Juvenile and Criminal Justice Settings

by Jeffrey J. Shook, Michael G. Vaughn, Carrie Pettus-Davis

There has been a surge of recent interest by social work researchers in conducting research in criminal and juvenile justice settings. This is largely fueled by the tremendous increase in incarceration over the last several decades, with millions more in probation or parole at any given time. Rising expenditures strain state and local budgets and many individuals are spending much of their adolescence and young adulthood in correctional facilities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199782857
• ISBN13: 9780199782857
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"