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Youth and Crime 5th Revised edition

Youth and Crime 5th Revised edition

Paperback by Muncie, John

Youth and Crime

£39.99

ISBN:
9781529707656
Publication Date:
25 Mar 2021
Edition/language:
5th Revised edition / English
Publisher:
Sage Publications Ltd
Pages:
576 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 1 Nov 2024
Youth and Crime

Description

The most comprehensive and authoritative textbook on youth crime and youth justice. Extensively updated to reflect changes in the youth justice system and contemporary debates around youth crime, this fifth edition of Youth and Crime: Includes new chapters on developmental and life course theories, and punitive justice strategies. Has been significantly expanded with new sections on the politicisation of youth crime, knife crime and gangs, child refugees, climate justice, child-on-child homicide, and localised criminal exploitation. Features increased coverage of policing strategies, including sections on policing public space and rethinking youth justice. Complete with a new two colour design, chapter outlines, summary boxes, study questions, further reading lists, useful website lists, and a glossary, this textbook expertly guides students through their studies in youth and crime.

Contents

Chapter 1: Images of Youth and Crime Chapter 2: Histories of Youth and Crime Chapter 3: Explaining Youth Crime I: Positivist Criminologies Chapter 4: Explaining Youth Crime II: Developmental and Life Course Theories Chapter 5: Explaining Youth Crime III: Radical and Realist Criminologies Chapter 6: Youth Victimology Chapter 7: Youth Cultures, Cultural Studies and Cultural Criminology Chapter 8: Youth and Social Policy: Control, Regulation and Governance Chapter 9: Youth Justice Strategies I: Welfare and Justice Chapter 10: Youth Justice Strategies II: Policing, Prevention and Risk Management Chapter 11: Youth Justice Strategies III: Custody, Punishment and Rights Chapter 12: Comparative and International Youth Justice

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