American Youth Violence

Name: American Youth Violence
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ISBN: 9780195121452

ISBN-10: 0195121457

ISBN-13: 9780195121452

Edition: 1998

Authors: Franklin E. Zimring

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In the past decade, alarming reports of youth violence have appeared with increasing frequency in the news media. Legislators across the United States have responded to this sense of national emergency by changing many of the laws designed to cope with juvenile offenders. But are we really in the midst of a surge in youth violence? More to the point, what causes youth violence and what should we do about it? Franklin Zimring offers the definitive examination of adolescent violence in the United States both as a social phenomenon and a policy problem. This book covers the range of youth violence issues in the 1990s, from crime statistics to demographic projections to new legislation. The…

Book details

List price: $200.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/17/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.21" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English




Youth Violence in the 1990s



The Perception of a Problem Is a Problem



American Youth Violence--A Profile



A Youth Violence Epidemic: Myth or Reality?



The Case of the Terrifying Toddlers



Legal Policy Toward Youth Violence



Some Basic Principles



Firearms Policy for the Young



""That Malice Which Is to Supply Age"": Standards for Transfer to Criminal Court



Adolescents Who Kill



Larger Contexts



Youth Violence and the Future of the Juvenile Court



Youth Violence and Youth Policy


References


Index