This is the definitive examination of adolescent violence in the United States as both a social phenomenon and a policy problem. Franklin Zimring, one of America's most esteemed scholars of law and crime, scrutinizes criminal statistics and demographic trends in order to authoritatively address public worries. The result is a thorough debunking of Congressional predictions of "a coming storm of juvenile violence" and the half-baked policy proposals that accompany such warnings. The book sets forth comprehensive and dispassionate analyses of three key areas of youth violence policy: adolescent firearms possession and use, standards for transfer from juvenile to criminal court jurisdiction, and legal sanctions for adolescents who kill. Throughout American Youth Violence, the core issues of youth violence in the 1990s are examined with an unprecedented degree of analytic rigour. Zimring also offers an appropriate set of responses to youth violence that are consistent with a positive future for the juvenile court and for American youth.
Part I: Youth Violence in the 1990s1: The Perception of a Problem Is a Problem2: American Youth Violence--A Profile3: A Youth Violence Epidemic: Myth or Reality?4: The Case of the Terrifying ToddlersPart II: Legal Policy Toward Youth Violence5: Some Basic Principles6: Firearms Policy for the Young7: "That Malice Which Is to Supply Age": Standards for Transfer to Criminal Court8: Adolescents Who KillPart III: Larger Contexts9: Youth Violence and the Future of the Juvenile Court10: Youth Violence and Youth PolicyReferencesIndex
Zimring's book offers a clear and concise analysis of the problem of contemporary youth crime that both debunks myths and points a way forward for future research.
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Franklin E. Zimring, Gordon Hawkins, Sam Kamin, Berkeley) Zimring, Franklin E. (William G. Simon Professor of Law and Director of the Earl Warren Legal Institute, William G. Simon Professor of Law and Director of the Earl Warren Legal Institute, University of California, Earl Warren Legal Institute) Hawkins, Gordon (Former Director of the Institute of Criminology at University of Sydney; and Senior Fellow, Former Director of the Institute of Criminology at University of Sydney; and Senior Fellow, University of Denver) Kamin, Sam (Assistant Professor of Law, Assistant Professor of Law
Franklin E. Zimring, Berkeley) Zimring, Franklin E. (William G. Simon Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Justice Research Program, William G. Simon Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Justice Research Program, University of California
Franklin E. Zimring, Berkeley) Zimring, Franklin E. (William G. Simon Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Justice Research Program, William G. Simon Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Justice Research Program, University of California
David T Johnson, Franklin E Zimring, Manoa) Johnson, David T (Professor of Sociology, Professor of Sociology, University of Hawaii, Berkeley) Zimring, Franklin E (William G. Simon Professor of Law and Wolfen Distinguished Scholar, William G. Simon Professor of Law and Wolfen Distinguished Scholar, University of California, JOHNSON, Johnson
Katherine Beckett, University of Washington) Beckett, Katherine (Chair and Professor in the Department of Law, Societies, and Justice and S. Frank Miyamoto Professor of Sociology, Chair and Professor in the Department of Law, Societies, and Justice and S. Frank Miyamoto Professor of Sociology
Michael Tonry, University of Minnesota) Tonry, Michael (McKnight Presidential Professor of Criminal Law and Policy, McKnight Presidential Professor of Criminal Law and Policy
Michael Tonry, University of Minnesota) Tonry, Michael (Michael Tonry is McKnight Presidential Professor of Criminal Law and Policy, Michael Tonry is McKnight Presidential Professor of Criminal Law and Policy, Michael, Tonry
Sara Wakefield, Christopher Wildeman, Rutgers University) Wakefield, Sara (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, School of Criminal Justice, Yale University) Wildeman, Christopher (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Franklin E. Zimring, Berkeley) Zimring, Franklin E. (William F. Simon Professor of Law; Director, Earl Warren Legal Institute, William F. Simon Professor of Law; Director, Earl Warren Legal Institute, University of California