Youth violence
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Youth violence
（Crime and justice / edited by Michael Tonry and Norval Morris ; with the support of the National Institute of Justice, v. 24）
The University of Chicago Press, 1998
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- : pbk
Available at 27 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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: cloth ISBN 9780226808451
Description
Youth violence has become one of the most contentious and perplexing issues in recent debates on crime policy. Youth gangs have become increasingly associated in the public eye with drug-dealing, firearms and random violence. Magazines publish stories on "superpredators" and warn that demographic change will lead to an explosion of predatory violence. Congress provides billions to the states as an incentive to get tough with juvenile offenders, including the effective abolition of the juvenile court. Developmental researchers seek to identify the aspects of childhood that either lead to, or prevent, juvenile crime. This study provides an up-to-date, comprehensive overview of policy issues and research developments concerning crime and violence among the young.
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: pbk ISBN 9780226808468
Description
Youth violence has become one of the most contentious and perplexing issues in 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 American and European scholars from many fields, this text provides an up-to-date and authoritative overview of policy issues and research developments concerning crime and violence among the young.
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