| Description |
viii, 296 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- I. History and theory -- Development of juvenile justice -- Traditional criminological theory -- Mainstream perspectives in juvenile justice -- Challenges to criminological orthodoxies -- II. The dynamics of juvenile justice -- The nature of contemporary juvenile justice -- Class and community -- Indigenous young people -- Young women and the role of gender -- III. The state, punishment and crime prevention -- The institutions of juvenile justice -- Policing the young -- Courts and the sentencing process -- Diversion, community programs and infoalism -- Conclusion |
| Analysis |
Australia |
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Delinquents |
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Juvenile Delinquency - Australia |
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Juvenile Detention - Australia |
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Juvenile Justice, Administration of - Australia |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 269-285 |
| Subject |
Juvenile delinquency -- Australia.
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Juvenile detention -- Australia.
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Juvenile justice, Administration of -- Australia.
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| Author |
White, R. D. (Robert Douglas), 1956- author
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| LC no. |
95222260 |
| ISBN |
0195536134 (paperback) |
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