This volume provides information on juvenile violence in America. It also examines: the historical response of the US to juvenile delinquency; the seriousness of the problem; and the public policies available to deal with it. The author discusses proposed modifications in delinquency policies, the need for an understanding of the risk factors for ......
Controlling Crime, Maintaining Order, and Building Community Activism
With the close proximity of gangs and the easy access to drugs, keeping urban neighborhoods safe from crime has long been a central concern for residents. This book draws on five years of research in a white, working-class community on Chicago's South side to see how they tried to keep their streets safe.
Controlling Crime, Maintaining Order, and Building Community Activism
With the close proximity of gangs and the easy access to drugs, keeping urban neighborhoods safe from crime has long been a central concern for residents. This book draws on five years of research in a white, working-class community on Chicago's South side to see how they tried to keep their streets safe.
What can be done to address the problem of violence in society? The contributors to this volume, both scholars and practitioners, examine this question by exploring the history of violence together with theoretical explanations. The book discusses such issues as: the disproportionate presence of violence within North American minority ......
This is a practical, common-sense guide offering long term solutions to juvenile crime through a proven programme. The work draws on extensive research and succesful practice with teenage repeat offenders.'
This book brings together a group of leading international criminologists from all sides of the political spectrum. In the first part they examine the formation and implementation of official crime prevention and control policies, while in the second they look at a range of critical perspectives which explore the definition of crime and discuss proposals for its prevention and control.
Ward, Laws and Hudson are among the world's leading authorities in the area of understanding and treating sex offenders. They address the biological, developmental, cultural, and learning factors in the genesis and development of sexual deviancy and links those theories to interventions with sex offenders. Sexual Deviance examines why sex offences ......
The authors argue that the key to preventing interpersonal violence lies in education during adolescence and present a model designed to educate young people about the abuse of power. '
