| Description |
x, 144 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Crime and justice |
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Crime and justice (Buckingham, England)
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| Contents |
1. Constructing the other: childhood and youth -- 2. Problem youth meets criminology: the formative decades -- 3. Representing problem youth: the repackaging of reality -- 4. In whose interests? Politics and policy / John Macmillan and Sheila Brown -- 5. 'Punishing youth': victims or villains? -- 6. Youth and crime: beyond the boy zone -- 7. Conclusion: listening to youth? |
| Summary |
Youth has been a focus of the sociologies of deviance, popular culture, and criminology. This text reassesses the growing body of research about crime and young people to provide a critical introduction to the study of youth, crime and punishment |
| Analysis |
Attitudes |
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Crime |
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Criminal justice |
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Great Britain |
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History |
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Juvenile delinquency |
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Overseas item |
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Punishment |
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Subcultures |
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Victims of crime |
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Youth |
| Notes |
1. Constructing the other: childhood and youth -- 2. Problem youth meets criminology: the formative decades -- 3. Representing problem youth: the repackaging of reality -- 4. In whose interests? Politics and policy / John Macmillan and Sheila Brown -- 5. 'Punishing youth': victims or villains? -- 6. Youth and crime: beyond the boy zone -- 7. Conclusion: listening to youth? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [125]-133) and index |
| Subject |
Criminology -- Great Britain.
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Deviant behavior -- Great Britain.
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Juvenile delinquency -- Great Britain.
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Juvenile justice, Administration of -- Great Britain.
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Problem youth -- Great Britain.
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| LC no. |
97047447 |
| ISBN |
0335195059 |
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0335200044 |
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