Juvenile offenders books

1147 books were found.

The Child Savers: The Invention of Delinquency

The Child Savers: The Invention of Delinquency

Author: Anthony M. Platt ,  Miroslava Chávez-García
ISBN: 9780813545363
Format: Paperback
$71.15

Presents an analytical and historical study of the juvenile justice system. Focusing on social reformers of the...  Read More >>

Report on Juvenile Delinquency

Report on Juvenile Delinquency

Author: Mass Observation
ISBN: 9780571251469
Format: Paperback
$38.81

The original blurb has a contemporary ring to it: 'At a time when the newspapers carry daily reports of violence...  Read More >>

Mental Health and Emerging Adulthood among Homeless Young People

Mental Health and Emerging Adulthood among Homeless...

Author: Les B. Whitbeck (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
ISBN: 9781841697529
Format: Paperback
$83.99

What happens to homeless and runaway adolescents when they become adults? This study follows homeless youth into...  Read More >>

Youth and Crime

Youth and Crime

Author: John Muncie
ISBN: 9781847874320
Format: Paperback
$147.71

′John Muncie accomplishes the extraordinarily difficult feat of covering a huge territory, introducing his subject...  Read More >>

Youth and Crime

Youth and Crime

Author: John Muncie
ISBN: 9781847874313
Format: Hardback
$285.12

′John Muncie accomplishes the extraordinarily difficult feat of covering a huge territory, introducing his subject...  Read More >>

Juvenile Sexual Offenders: A Comprehensive Guide to Risk Evaluation

Juvenile Sexual Offenders: A Comprehensive Guide to...

Author: Phil Rich
ISBN: 9780470206331
Format: Hardback
$184.80

Clinicians who do not exclusively work with juvenile sexual offenders still need to evaluate and assess risk with...  Read More >>

Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters

Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters

Author: Peter F. Langman
ISBN: 9780230608023
Format: Hardback
$66.00

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Gangs and Girls: Understanding Juvenile Prostitution

Gangs and Girls: Understanding Juvenile Prostitution...

Author: Michel Dorais ,  Patrice Corriveau
ISBN: 9780773534421
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Helps readers understand and analyze the involvement of street gangs in female juvenile prostitution. This book...  Read More >>

Gangs and Girls: Understanding Juvenile Prostitution

Gangs and Girls: Understanding Juvenile Prostitution...

Author: Michel Dorais ,  Patrice Corriveau
ISBN: 9780773534414
Format: Hardback
$224.40

Helps readers understand and analyze the involvement of street gangs in female juvenile prostitution. This book...  Read More >>

The Delinquent Girl

The Delinquent Girl

Author: Margaret Zahn
ISBN: 9781592139514
Format: Hardback
$149.16

Over the past decade and a half, girls' involvement in the juvenile justice system has increased. Yet the topic...  Read More >>

Youth Crime and Juvenile Justice

Youth Crime and Juvenile Justice

Author: Barry Goldson ,  John Muncie
ISBN: 9781847870643
Format: Hardback
$1293.75

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Security and Liberty: Restriction by Stealth

Security and Liberty: Restriction by Stealth

Author: Kate Moss
ISBN: 9781349357123
Format: Paperback
$145.17

Considering the question of how levels of security allow state power to be increased to the point at which it infringes...  Read More >>

The Adolescent Criminal: An Examination of Today's Juvenile Offender

The Adolescent Criminal: An Examination of Today's Juvenile...

Author: Ronald B. Flowers
ISBN: 9780786440542
Format: Paperback
$105.47

Examines the most important issues, components, and trends concerning adolescent misconduct from the vantage point...  Read More >>

Alaska Native Juveniles in Detention: A Qualitative Study of Treatment and Resistance

Alaska Native Juveniles in Detention: A Qualitative...

Author: Cyndi L. Banks
ISBN: 9780773448025
Format: Hardback
$290.27

Presents a study of juvenile institution in Alaska that explores the issues of power, resistance, treatment, and...  Read More >>

Moral Panics over Contemporary Children and Youth

Moral Panics over Contemporary Children and Youth

Author: Charles Krinsky
ISBN: 9780754674658
Format: Hardback
$336.00

Examines a social issue, employing a rigorous intellectual framework to explore the cultural construction of youth...  Read More >>

Adolescent Reputations and Risk: Developmental Trajectories to Delinquency

Adolescent Reputations and Risk: Developmental Trajectories...

Author: Annemaree Carroll ,  Stephen Houghton
ISBN: 9780387799872
Format: Hardback
$237.47

Adolescent Reputations and Risk looks beyond traditional theories to examine, from an empirical standpoint, what...  Read More >>

The Government's response to the report by Peter Smallridge and Andrew Williamson of a review of the use of restraint in juvenile secure settings

The Government's response to the report by Peter Smallridge...

Author: Great Britain: Ministry of Justice ,  Great Britain: Department for Children, Schools and Families
ISBN: 9780101750127
Format: Paperback
$37.13

In July 2007, the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Children, Schools and Families commissioned an independent...  Read More >>

Youth justice in practice: Making a difference

Youth justice in practice: Making a difference

Author: Bill Whyte (Criminal Justice Social Work Development Centre for Scotland, University of Edinburgh)
ISBN: 9781861348395
Format: Paperback
$45.95

This book examines youth justice in a UK and international context, highlighting the challenge facing all jurisdictions...  Read More >>

Youth justice in practice: Making a difference

Youth justice in practice: Making a difference

Author: Bill Whyte (Criminal Justice Social Work Development Centre for Scotland, University of Edinburgh)
ISBN: 9781861348401
Format: Hardback
$145.95

This book examines youth justice in a UK and international context, highlighting the challenge facing all jurisdictions...  Read More >>

""I'm Adult! Aren't I!"": Understanding Juvenile Delinquency and Creating Adults Out of Children: The Case for a Formal Rite of Passage

""I'm Adult! Aren't I!"": Understanding Juvenile Delinquency...

Author: Geoffrey Ben-Nathan
ISBN: 9789650902667
Format: Paperback
$79.17

/ Essential reading for policy makers and practitioners alike / Seeks to address juvenile delinquency by advocating...  Read More >>

I'm Adult! Aren't I!: Understanding Juvenile Delinquency and Creating Adults Out of Children: the Case for a Formal Rite of Passage

I'm Adult! Aren't I!: Understanding Juvenile Delinquency...

Author: Geoffrey Ben-Nathan
ISBN: 9789650902254
Format: Hardback
$211.17

/ Essential reading for policy makers and practitioners alike / Seeks to address juvenile delinquency by advocating...  Read More >>

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