Juvenile Justice: A Guide to Theory, Policy, and Practice

About Cram101 Textbook ReviewsJennifer M. AllenJohn J. ConradRobert D. HanserSteven M. Cox

Steven M. Cox earned his BS in psychology MA in sociology and PhD in sociology at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Cox was a member of the Law Enforcement and Justice Administration faculty at Western Illinois University from 1975 to 2007. For the past 45 years he has served as trainer and consultant to numerous criminal justice agencies in the United States and abroad and has worked with several universities in the area of course development. In addition Dr. Cox has authored and co-authored numerous successful textbooks and articles. Jennifer M. Allen is a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Nova Southeastern University and former department head of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of North Georgia. She has worked with juveniles in detention on probation and with those victimized by abuse and neglect. Dr. Allen has served on advisory boards for Big Brother/Big Sister mentoring programs Rainbow Children''s Home domestic violence/sexual assault programs and teen courts. Dr. Allen has published in the areas of restorative justice juvenile delinquency and justice youth programming police crime and policing administration and ethics. She is also the coauthor of Criminal Justice Administration: A Service Quality Approach; The SAGE Guide to Writing in Criminal Justice; The SAGE Guide to Writing in Research Methods; The SAGE Guide to Writing in Corrections; and The SAGE Guide to Writing in Policing. Robert D. Hanser is a professor of criminal justice and the coordinator of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Dr. Hanser has a PhD in marriage and family therapy and a PhD in criminal justice. He is a national certified counselor a licensed professional counselor in the states of Louisiana and Texas a licensed addiction counselor a certified hypnotherapist and a certified anger management therapist. He holds a gubernatorial appointment on the Reentry Advisory Council of Louisiana serves on the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence (LCADV) has been appointed to the Professional Educational Counsel with the American Correctional Association (ACA) and is an Executive Counselor for the Corrections section for the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS). He is a past member of the 4th Judicial District''s Youth Services Planning Board a past therapeutic director of the 4th Judicial District Drug Court and is the lead therapist for the 4th Judicial District Reentry Court and the 4th Judicial District Batterer''s Intervention Program. He has written Introduction to Corrections (3rd ed.) Community Corrections (2nd ed.) Correctional Counseling Multiculturalism in the Criminal Justice System Special Needs Offenders and over 50 other textbooks anthologies and peer-reviewed articles. John J.Conrad served as chair of the Department of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration at Western Illinois University and was very active in the department university and surrounding community. After teaching for more than 30 years he is now retired and enjoying his time traveling throughout the United States.