American youth violence / / Franklin E. Zimring
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| Autore: |
Zimring Franklin E.
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| Titolo: |
American youth violence / / Franklin E. Zimring
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1998 |
| ©1998 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.360973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Juvenile delinquency - Government policy - United States |
| Violent crimes - Government policy - United States | |
| Juvenile justice, Administration of - United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Pt. I. Youth Violence in the 1990's. 1. The Perception of a Problem Is a Problem. 2. American Youth Violence - A Profile. 3. A Youth Violence Epidemic: Myth or Reality? 4. The Case of the Terrifying Toddlers -- Pt. II. Legal Policy Toward Youth Violence. 5. Some Basic Principles. 6. Firearms Policy for the Young. 7. "That Malice Which Is to Supply Age": Standards for Transfer to Criminal Court. 8. Adolescents Who Kill -- Pt. III. Two Larger Contexts. 9. Youth Violence and the Future of the Juvenile Court. 10. Youth Violence and Youth Policy. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This is an examination of adolescent violence in the United States as both a social phenomenon and a policy problem. Franklin Zimring, a scholar of law and crime, scrutinizes criminal statistics and demographic trends in order to authoritatively address public worries. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | American youth violence |
| ISBN: | 0-19-771833-7 |
| 1-280-47070-4 | |
| 9786610470709 | |
| 1-4237-6004-2 | |
| 0-19-535290-4 | |
| 1-60256-293-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese Medio (1100-1500) |
| Record Nr.: | 9910784674203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Studies in crime and public policy.