Juvenile offenders books

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The Codes of the Street in Risky Neighborhoods: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Youth Violence in Germany, Pakistan, and South Africa

The Codes of the Street in Risky Neighborhoods: A Cross-Cultural...

Author: Wilhelm Heitmeyer ,  Simon Howell
ISBN: 9783030162863
Format: Hardback
$116.41

This book presents a comparative look at the norms and attitudes related to youth violence. It aims to present a...  Read More >>

Prison Breaks: Toward a Sociology of Escape

Prison Breaks: Toward a Sociology of Escape

Author: Tomas Max Martin ,  Gilles Chantraine
ISBN: 9783319877754
Format: Paperback
$284.60

The result is a critical and theoretically informed understanding of prison escapes – which has sofar been absent...  Read More >>

Family Group Conferencing with Children and Young People: Advocacy Approaches, Variations and Impacts

Family Group Conferencing with Children and Young People:...

Author: Darrell Fox
ISBN: 9783319890784
Format: Paperback
$194.04

This book examines and identifies variations in independent advocacy provision offered to young people and their...  Read More >>

Delinquent Youth in a Transforming China: A Generation of Strain

Delinquent Youth in a Transforming China: A Generation...

Author: Wan-Ning Bao
ISBN: 9783319876207
Format: Paperback
$232.85

This book explores two major social problems facing Chinese society today: increased strain in the lives of young...  Read More >>

Desistance from Sexual Offending: Narratives of Retirement, Regulation and Recovery

Desistance from Sexual Offending: Narratives of Retirement,...

Author: Danielle Arlanda Harris
ISBN: 9783319874951
Format: Paperback
$206.97

This book describes the complex process of desistance from sexual crime as told by 74 men incarcerated for sexual...  Read More >>

Former Foster Youth in Postsecondary Education: Reaching Higher

Former Foster Youth in Postsecondary Education: Reaching...

Author: Jacob P. Gross ,  Jennifer Geiger
ISBN: 9783319994581
Format: Hardback
$89.99

This book examines the attainment gap between foster youth and their peers. Specifically focusing on post-secondary...  Read More >>

Thinking Seriously About Gangs: Towards a Critical Realist Approach

Thinking Seriously About Gangs: Towards a Critical Realist...

Author: Paul Andell
ISBN: 9783030128906
Format: Hardback
$232.85

This book examines the current debate about UK street gangs termed the ‘UK Gang Thesis’ debate. The book will explore...  Read More >>

Drink Spiking and Predatory Drugging: A Modern History

Drink Spiking and Predatory Drugging: A Modern History...

Author: Pamela Donovan
ISBN: 9781349934911
Format: Paperback
$49.99

This book analyses common perceptions about drink-spiking, a pervasive fear for many and sometimes a troubling reality....  Read More >>

Crime in Japan: A Psychological Perspective

Crime in Japan: A Psychological Perspective

Author: Laura Bui ,  David P. Farrington
ISBN: 9783030140960
Format: Hardback
$206.97

This book reviews research on psychology and crime in Japan, and compares the findings with similar research conducted...  Read More >>

Your Honour Can I Tell You My Story?

Your Honour Can I Tell You My Story?

Author: Andi Brierley ,  Jim Hopkinson
ISBN: 9781909976641
Format: Paperback
$51.62

Shows how small things can make a difference. Contains many insights for professionals, students and others interested...  Read More >>

Young Offenders and Open Custody

Young Offenders and Open Custody

Author: Tove Pettersson
ISBN: 9780367226268
Format: Paperback
$90.99

Presenting research in a young-offenders’ institution and drawing on perspectives from life-course criminology,...  Read More >>

Contextual Characteristics in Juvenile Sentencing: Examining the Impact of Concentrated Disadvantage on Youth Court Outcomes

Contextual Characteristics in Juvenile Sentencing: Examining...

Author: Rimonda Maroun (Endicott College)
ISBN: 9780367023287
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Contextual Characteristics in Juvenile Sentencing assesses how a specific contextual factor—concentrated disadvantage—impacts...  Read More >>

Revival: Young Offenders (1938): Yesterday and Today

Revival: Young Offenders (1938): Yesterday and Today...

Author: Geraldine S. Cadbury ,  Barrow Cadbury
ISBN: 9781138566286
Format: Paperback
$75.99

This unusual book tells vividly the story of children who have broken the law and their treatment from the time...  Read More >>

Diversion in Youth Justice: What Can We Learn from Historical and Contemporary Practices?

Diversion in Youth Justice: What Can We Learn from Historical...

Author: Roger Smith
ISBN: 9780367227647
Format: Paperback
$92.99

This book examines the emergence and development of youth diversion within the justice system, discusses its models...  Read More >>

Exception: A Texas County’s Dream for Realizing Juvenile Justice

Exception: A Texas County’s Dream for Realizing Juvenile...

Author: Greg Sumpter
ISBN: 9780875655802
Format: Paperback
$60.59

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Keeping Them Off The Streets: A Youth Work Story

Keeping Them Off The Streets: A Youth Work Story

Author: Tim Caley
ISBN: 9781789016499
Format: Paperback
$23.26

Keeping Them Off The Streets is a remarkable account of over forty years' experience in the field of youth work....  Read More >>

Understanding Youth Crime: An Australian Study

Understanding Youth Crime: An Australian Study

Author: Mark Lynch ,  John S. Western
ISBN: 9781138709072
Format: Paperback
$69.99

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A Return to Social Justice: Youth Justice, Ideology and Philosophy

A Return to Social Justice: Youth Justice, Ideology...

Author: Jessica Urwin
ISBN: 9783030103057
Format: Paperback
$258.72

Youth justice has always focused on criminal justice but this work argues that taking a social justice approach...  Read More >>

Young Men’s Experiences of Long-Term Imprisonment: Living Life

Young Men’s Experiences of Long-Term Imprisonment: Living...

Author: Rachel Tynan
ISBN: 9781138632394
Format: Hardback
$273.00

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Gangs and Spirituality: Global Perspectives

Gangs and Spirituality: Global Perspectives

Author: Ross Deuchar
ISBN: 9783030076757
Format: Paperback
$64.66

This book examines the role of religion and spirituality in desistance from crime and disengagement from gangs....  Read More >>

Female Crime and Delinquency in Portugal: In and Out of the Criminal Justice System

Female Crime and Delinquency in Portugal: In and Out...

Author: Sílvia Gomes ,  Vera Duarte
ISBN: 9783030088088
Format: Paperback
$258.72

This book compiles research on female crime and delinquency in Portugal in order to critically and reflectively...  Read More >>

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