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This handbook provides a comprehensive cross-disciplinary perspective on youth behavior and the justice system. Leading authorities from sociology, political science, criminology, psychology, law, social work, and communication analyze the connections between children and youth (in their various soc...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: White, Susan O.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2001]
Series:Plenum series in crime and justice.
Subjects:
Juvenile justice, Administration of.
Juvenile courts.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Juvenile delinquents > Legal status, laws, etc.
Juvenile delinquents > Family relationships.
Adolescent psychology.
Child welfare > Government policy.
Child abuse > Government policy.
Jeunes délinquants > Droit.
Jeunes délinquants > Relations familiales.
Justice penale > Administration.
Justice pour mineurs > Administration.
Tribunaux pour enfants et adolescents.
Adolescents > Psychologie.
Jeunesse > Protection, assistance, etc. > Politique gouvernementale.
Violence envers les enfants > Politique gouvernementale.
Justiz.
Jugendkriminalität.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Understanding victimization and offending : definitional issues / Susan O. White
  • Juvenile crime victims in the justice system / David Finkelhor, Mallie J. Paschall, and Patricia Y. Hashima
  • Child abuse and neglect / Cathy Spatz Widom
  • The victimization of children and youth : a comprehensive overview / David Finkelhor and Patricia Y. Hashima
  • Child pornography / Daniel Linz and Dorothy Imrich
  • Demography and death by violence : a demographic analysis of US homicide offending trends / James Alan Fox ... [et al.]
  • Girls, violence, and delinquency : popular myths and persistent problems / Meda Chesney-Lind
  • Alcohol, youth and the justice system : underage drinking as normative behavior, a status offense, and a risk factor for delinquency / Susan Ehrlich Martin
  • Two worlds of deviance : Russia and the United States / James O. Finckenauer
  • Youth crime in western Europe : will the old world imitate the new? / Rosemary Barberet
  • Forging criminals in the family / Joan McCord
  • Youth collectivities and adolescent violence / James F. Short, Jr.
  • Community / Robert J. Bursik, Jr.
  • Segregation and youth criminal violence : a review and agenda / Ruth D. Peterson, Lauren J. Krivo, and Maria B. Vélez
  • The development of delinquency : an interactional perspective / Terence P. Thornberry and Marvin D. Krohn
  • Reasoning and justice / Susan O. White
  • How reliable are children's memories? / Stephen J. Ceci ... [et al.]
  • Juvenile court and its systems of juvenile justice / Simon I. Singer
  • Family preservation and reunification : how effective a social policy? / Richard J. Gelles
  • Children's rights / Barbara Bennett Woodhouse
  • The child custody standard : what do twenty years of research teach us? / Daniel A. Krauss and Bruce D. Sales.