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Juvenile Law Violators, Human Rights, and the Development of New Juvenile Justice Systems
Hart Publishing Limited 2006; US$ 52.20This volume brings together scholars and practitioners specialising in juvenile justice from the US, Europe, alongside scholars from Africa and Asia who are working on human rights issues in developing countries or countries in transition. The book thus presents two types of papers, the first being descriptive and analytical academic papers on whole... more...
Juvenile Crime
Infobase Publishing 2003; US$ 45.00Juvenile Crime, a new volume in the Library in a Book series, takes a serious look at this important topic. It examines juvenile offenders, their crimes, and the consequences of those crimes to themselves, to their victims, and to society. This book provides an overview of the juvenile justice system, how it has evolved, and how it works today, and... more...
International Handbook of Juvenile Justice
Springer 2006; US$ 299.99Presents inside information on the Juvenile Justice-systems in 19 different countries, both in EU-member states as well as in the United States and Canada. This book includes a comparative introduction that highlights similarities as well as differences between the various systems, distinguishing between clusters of countries. more...
Comparative Youth Justice
SAGE Publications 2006; US$ 50.00`essential to all scholars of youth justice.' Professor Tim Newburn, London School of Economics and Political Science and President of the British Society of Criminology With contributions from leading commentators from 13 different countries, this carefully integrated edition comprises the most authoritive comparative analysis of international... more...
Youth Crime and Justice
SAGE Publications 2006; US$ 53.00Providing an assessment of the relationship between evidence and contemporary youth justice policy formation, this book - alongside Comparative Youth Justice - makes a valuable contribution to the field of youth criminology. more...
Family Life and Youth Offending
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 49.95The contention that young people commit offences due to inadequate parenting and parental difficulties has been an abiding feature of the debates on juvenile offending. Previously this evidence has been used to design prevention programmes for young offenders who have been processed by the criminal justice system, but this book examines how this evidence... more...
Chômage et employabilité des jeunes au Maroc
ILO Publications 2005; US$ 5.00Examines characteristics of youth unemployment in the period 1960-2003. more...
The Value Base of Social Work and Social Care
McGraw-Hill Education 2008; US$ 151.00Explores the concepts and themes that help us understand the value base in social work. This book examines the tensions between values such as justice, anti-discrimination, compassion, and empathy, and the need for professionalism, accountability, cost codes, and performance measurement. more...
Saving Children from a Life of Crime
Oxford University Press, USA 2008; US$ 22.99Foreword, James Q. Wilson. 1. Introduction: The Need for Early Prevention. Part I: Early Risk and Protective Factors. 2. Understanding Risk and Protective Factors. 3. Individual Factors. 4. Family Factors. 5. Socioeconomic, Peer, School, and Community Factors. Part II: Prevention in the Early Years. 6. Understanding Risk-Focused Prevention. 7. Individual... more...
Dilemmas in Human Services Management
Springer Publishing Company 2004; US$ 79.00Drawing on their experience as teachers and social workers, the authors introduce students to the complex skills necessary for effective management in human service administration. In this textbook, they present actual problems through concise case studies with study-guide questions for discussion. The illustrative case studies cover a broad range... more...









