Youth, crime and justice / Cyndi Banks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banks, Cyndi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juvenile delinquency.

Juvenile justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Youth, Crime and Justice takes a critical issues approach to analyzing the current debates and issues in juvenile delinquency. It encourages readers to adopt an analytical understanding encompassing not only juvenile crime, but also the broader context within which the conditions of juvenile criminality occur. Students are invited to explore the connections between social, political, economic and cultural conditions and juvenile crime. This book engages with the key topics in the debate about juvenile justice and delinquency:juvenile institutionsd

Contents:

Introduction

Theories associated with juvenile delinquency

Juvenile institutions

Gender and juvenile justice

Race and juvenile justice

Youth culture and delinquency

Youth and moral panic

Restorative justice for young offenders

What works?

Transnational youth justice.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-66125-5

0-203-58396-5

1-299-31971-8

1-136-66118-2

9780203583968

OCLC:

831117940