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'Since the 1960s, governments, originally of the right but latterly of the 'left', have usually been more interested in 'youth crime' as a political issue than youth crime per se. More recently, 'youth crime', and the fear of it, has emerged in Anglo-American politics as a kind of electoral glue. On the one hand, fear of youth crime can bind together an otherwise disparate band of electors into a new 'post-industrial' political constituency that transcends traditional class affiliations. On the other, it may be used to repair rifts within political parties, generating an impression of unity and common purpose.' John Pitts; This is by far the most sophisticated analysis of youth crime and its politics available today. It is written with wit, perceptiveness and precision. How many books on criminology make you, at one moment, laugh out loud at the preposterous policies aimed at controlling youth crime and, at the next, rush for your notebook to get down a perfect quote that sums up the shambles and the misperceptions which dog youth justice. Jock Young, Professor of Sociology at Middlesex University and Visiting Professor of Criminology at City University of New York Graduate School

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