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Youth Justice
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011; US$ 199.00The aim of this e-book is to bring together the proposals on youth justice that are made in the Independent Commission on Youth Crime and Anti-social Behaviours report (Time For a Fresh Start); and the UK Governments plans as set out in the current green paper (Breaking the Cycle: Effective Punishment, Rehabilitation and Sentencing of Offenders).... more...
Handbuch Jugendkriminalität
Springer 2011; US$ 54.99Die Lebensphase 'Jugend' wird h ufig mit Defiziten, St rungen und riskanten Verhaltensweisen assoziiert. Besondere mediale und politische Aufmerksamkeit erhalten Jugendliche dann, wenn sie mit strafrechtsrelevantem Verhalten in Erscheinung treten. In diesen publizistisch-politischen Kontexten sto en kriminologische und sozialp dagogische Befunde... more...
Gender,Justice and Welfare in Britain,1900-1950
Palgrave Macmillan 2002; US$ 25.00The 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... more...
Youth Crime and Youth Culture in the Inner City
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 51.95Youth 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. A wide range of topics are explored, such as young people's motivation for, frequency of, and attitudes towards,... more...
Delinquent Networks
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 42.00This 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...
Juvenile delinquency in Japan
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...
Juvenile Justice
ABC-CLIO 2005; US$ 55.00This is an overview of the challenges and emerging solutions surrounding corrections, treatment, and prevention programs for troubled youth. It includes research studies, further references, and a directory of national and international organizations dealing with children's rights. more...
Philanthropy in America
ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 285.00The field is emerging, but the study of philanthropy--known also as the nonprofit, voluntary, independent, or third sector in the United States--has matured enough to merit its own encyclopedia. Editor Burlingame (Center on Philanthropy, Indiana U. more...
Multi-Problem Violent Youth
IOS Press 2001; US$ 121.00Of interest to researchers, policy-makers, and government and non-government agency workers who are involved with policies, programs and instruments focused on the prevention of youth and young adult violence, this book examines the research and theoretical bases for the creation of a risk-needs management instrument for violent adolescents. more...
Understanding Youth Offending
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 53.95Taking a new approach to youth crime, this book argues that the transition from childhood to adulthood can be an isolating and disempowering experience for young people. Children and young people are inherently vulnerable because of their age and status ? they are a minority group, with the potential for being exploited, discriminated against, dominated... more...









