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Children and Young People Who Sexually Abuse Othersby Marcus Erooga; Valerie Howarth; Helen Masson
Routledge 1999; US$ 48.95Presents key research findings about incidence, prevalence and characteristics of young sexual abusers. more...
Secure Accommodation in Child Careby Robert Harris; Noel Timms
Routledge 1993; US$ 59.95The authors use a major empirical study of children in secure accommodation as a basis for a theoretical analysis of relations between the state, the family and the 'difficult' child. more...
Opening Doorsby Diana S. Newman; Council on Foundations
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 35.00Winner of the 2002 Skystone Ryan Research Prize from the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Sponsored by the prestigious Council on Foundations, Opening Doors is a down-to-earth guide for fundraising practitioners who want to broaden their funding base and reach new donors or improve the diversity of their existing development programs. Based in solid research, Opening Doors provides information about the cultural and charitable practices of four broad groups: African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. It is filled with illustrative personal stories, real-life examples, and proven strategies. In addition, this hands-on resource: Helps readers understand the rich philanthropic traditions in diverse American... more...
Youth Crime and Youth Culture in the Inner Cityby Bill Sanders
Routledge 2004; US$ 43.95Youth Crime and Youth Culture in the Inner City offers an interpretive account of juvenile delinquency within the modern inner city, an environment which is characterized by a long history of social deprivation and high rates of crime. more...
Teen Violence - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet Referencesby James N. Parker; Philip M. Parker
ICON Group International Inc. 2004; US$ 24.95This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to teen violence. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to teen violence. If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and... more...
Gender Justice and Welfareby Dr Pamela Cox; Jo Campling
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2002; US$ 140.00The first major study of the history of British 'bad girls', this book uses a wide range of professional, popular and personal texts to explore the experiences of girls in the twentieth century juvenile justice system. It examines the processes leading to their definition as variously delinquent, defective or neglected and analyses the different possibilities for public and private reform made available to them. It shows how 'bad girls', though few in number, posed a recurring challenge to established generational and gender orders, and questions the popular contemporary belief that 'rising' delinquency among girls has been the product of late-twentieth century social changes. more...
Delinquent-Prone Communitiesby Don Weatherburn; Bronwyn Lind; Alfred Blumstein; David Farrington
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 40.00Despite a century of effort, criminologists do not yet fully understand the relationship between disadvantage and crime. This book challenges the conventional view that disadvantage causes crime because it motivates people to offend, and argues instead that disadvantage causes crime because it disrupts the parenting process. more...
Delinquent Networksby Jerzy Sarnecki; Alfred Blumstein; David Farrington
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 40.00This book presents a study of co-offending relations among youths under 21 suspected of criminal offences in Stockholm during 1991-1995. Jerzy Sarnecki employs the method of network analysis of crime. more...
Policing Gender Class and Familyby Linda Mahood
Routledge 1995; US$ 160.00A comprehensive study of juvenile delinquency and the moral regulation of children and adolescents in the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. more...
Juvenile delinquency in Japanby G. Foljanty-Jost
BRILL 2003; US$ 155.00How to explain juvenile delinquent behaviour in the Japan of the nineties? Are its reasons really fundamentally different from those in other societies? "Juvenile Delinquency in Japan", written by leading Japanese and German scholars, looks comprehensively into the phenomenon. more...