Crime and Justice, Volume 24
Youth Violence
464 pages
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6 x 9-1/4
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© 1998
Youth violence has become one of the most contentious and perplexing issues in current debates on crime policy, not the least because of the sharp increase in violence among young minority males since the mid-1980s.
Featuring articles by leading American and European scholars from many fields, Youth Violence provides a reliable, up-to-date, authoritative and comprehensive overview of policy issues and research developments concerning crime and violence among the young.
Featuring articles by leading American and European scholars from many fields, Youth Violence provides a reliable, up-to-date, authoritative and comprehensive overview of policy issues and research developments concerning crime and violence among the young.
Contents
Preface
Youth Violence in America
Mark H. Moore and Michael Tonry
The Unprecedented Epidemic in Youth Violence
Philip J. Cook and John H. Laub
The Social Ecology of Youth Violence
Elijah Anderson
Guns, Youth Violence, and Social Identity in Inner Cities
Jeffrey Fagan and Deanna L. Wilkinson
Juvenile and Criminal Justice Systems Responses to Youth Violence
Barry C. Feld
Prevention of Youth Violence
James C. Howell and J. David Hawkins
Curriculum, Culture, and Community: The Challenge of School Violence
David C. Anderson
Gang Violence in the Postindustrial Era
John M. Hagedorn
Predictors, Causes, and Correlates of Male Youth Violence
David P. Farrington
Toward a Jurisprudence of Youth Violence
Franklin E. Zimring
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