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Author:   Susan O. White
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition:   2001 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   2.400kg
ISBN:  

9780306463396

ISBN 10:   0306463393
Pages:   442
Publication Date:   31 January 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I. Law and Social Science Perspectives on Youth and Justice.- 1. Understanding Victimization and Offending: Definitional Issues.- 2. Juvenile Crime Victims in the Justice System.- II. Victimization.- 3. Child Abuse and Neglect.- 4. The Victimization of Children and Youth: A Comprehensive Overview.- 5. Child Pornography.- III. Offending.- 6. Demography and Death by Violence: A Demographic Analysis of US Homicide Offending Trends.- 7. Girls, Violence, and Delinquency: Popular Myths and Persistent Problems.- 8. Alcohol, Youth, and the Justice System: Underage Drinking as Normative Behavior, a Status Offense, and a Risk Factor for Delinquency.- IV. Cross-Cultural Patterns of Delinquency.- 9. Two Worlds of Deviance: Russia and the United States.- 10. Youth Crime in Western Europe: Will the Old World Imitate the New?.- V. Environmental Influences.- 11. Forging Criminals in the Family.- 12. Youth Collectivities and Adolescent Violence.- 13. Community.- 14. Segregation and Youth Criminal Violence: A Review and Agenda.- VI. Behavioral Questions.- 15. The Development of Delinquency: An Interactional Perspective.- 16. Reasoning and Justice.- 17. How Reliable Are Children’s Memories?.- VII. Administration of Justice.- 18. Juvenile Court and Its Systems of Juvenile Justice.- 19. Family Preservation and Reunification: How Effective a Social Policy?.- 20. Children’s Rights.- 21. The Child Custody Standard: What Do Twenty Years of Research Teach Us?.

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'This book is recommended for libraries that serve departments of criminal justice human development, psychology, sociology, and social work.' Choice, 38:11 (2001)

This book is recommended for libraries that serve departments of criminal justice human development, psychology, sociology, and social work.' Choice, 38: 11 (2001)

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