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A new response to youth crime / / edited by David J. Smith



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Titolo: A new response to youth crime / / edited by David J. Smith Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (442 p.)
Disciplina: 364.36
364.360942
Soggetto topico: Juvenile delinquency - England
Juvenile delinquency - Wales
Juvenile justice, Administration of - England
Juvenile justice, Administration of - Wales
Juvenile delinquency
Juvenile justice, Administration of
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: SmithDavid John <1941->  
Note generali: First published by Willan Publishing 2010.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; A New Response to Youth Crime; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of acronyms and abbreviations; Notes on contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. The need for a fresh start: David J. Smith; 2. Changing patterns of youth: David J. Smith; 3. Time trends in youth crime and in justice system responses: Larissa Pople and David J. Smith; 4. Responding to youth crime: John Graham; 5. Responding to antisocial behaviour: Larissa Pople; 6. Causes of offending and antisocial behaviour: Michael Rutter
7. Preventing youth crime: evidence and opportunities: J. David Hawkins, Brandon C. Welsh and David Utting8. Families and parenting: Barbara Maughan and Frances Gardner; 9. Models of youth justice: Lesley McAra; 10. Youth justice reform in Canada: reducing use of courts and custody without increasing youth crime: Nicholas Bala, Peter J. Carrington and Julian V. Roberts; 11. Public opinion, politics and the response to youth crime: Trevor Jones; 12. Key reforms: principles, costs, benefits, politics: David J. Smith; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Antisocial and criminal behaviour involving children and young people have been a cause of heightened public concern in England and Wales for more than a quarter of a century. It has been the subject of numerous policy papers, research studies and academic assessments as well as extensive newspaper, radio and television coverage. This has set the context for an ever expanding volume of legislation seeking to amend and improve society's official response.Yet despite a massive injection of resources into the youth justice system the results achieved have been unimpressive, reoffending
Titolo autorizzato: A new response to youth crime  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-60716-6
9786613919618
1-136-68146-9
0-203-81035-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910462292303321
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