Youth, crime, and justice

Gebo, Erika (author.). Boyes-Watson, Carolyn, (author.).

Summary: "This comprehensive textbook covers the historical evolution of the core developmental institutions within modern society charged with the socialization, nurturance, guidance and regulation of children and youth including the family, schools, communities, child welfare, and juvenile system. Adopting a life course perspective, the textbook examines the changing legal, social, regulatory, and political landscape of childhood and adolescence within American society with consistent focus on dynamics of race, class, ethnicity, gender, power, and privilege"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781538163078
ISBN: 1538163071
ISBN: 9781538172988
ISBN: 1538172984
ISBN: 9781538172995
Physical Description: print
pages cm.
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2023.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I: Foundations of youth, crime, and justice -- Youth, society, and the law -- Youth and developmental institutions -- Paradigms of youth justice -- Part II: Pathways to crime for males and females -- Measurement and correlates of youth crime and violence -- Delinquency, victimization, and pathways to offending for boys -- Delinquency, victimization, and pathways to offending for girls -- Gangs, and sesrious, violent, chronic offenders -- Youth, schools, and problem behaviors -- Part III: The contemporary juvenile justice system -- Youth and police -- Youth and the courts -- Youth and corrections -- Prevention, intervention, and the future of youth justice.