YOUTH,CRIME,+SOCIETY

Name: YOUTH,CRIME,+SOCIETY
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ISBN: 9780132001274

ISBN-10: 0132001276

ISBN-13: 9780132001274

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Authors: MINAKER

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Following the emerging trend of critical criminology,Youth, Crime, and Society: Issues of Power and Justice adopts a contemporary focus on the connections among youth, crime, and society versus the more traditional examination of youth crime. This critical perspective has two overlapping themes: the way in which the problem of youth crime is constructed, understood, and considered, and the need to address inequalities that are (re)produced by unequal class, race, and gender relations in society. This first edition includes the most recent empirical and theoretical developments in the field, paying particular attention to the Canadian context. It features unique chapters on hot topics in…

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Publisher: PEARSON
Publication date: 3/24/2008




Introduction - Toward Understanding Youth and Crime



Youth, Legislation, And History



Practices of Governance and Control: Theoretical Underpinnings



Responding to Youth Crime: Historical Origins of Juvenile Justice Legislation



Legislating Youth Crime: From the YOA to the YCJA



The Operation of the Youth Criminal Justice System



Special Populations: Making Race/Class/Gender Connections



Criminalized Girls



Marginalized: The Case of Aboriginal Youth



Street-Involved Youth: Conditions, Consequences, and Interventions



Violence and Youth



Recent And Future Directions: Responding To Youth, Crime, And Society



What To Do about Youth Crime?



Youth Voices and Youth-Centred Innovations



Conclusion