Sheila Royo Maxwell is an Associate Professor at the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University (MSU), USA. Dr. Maxwell’s research includes antisocial and offending behaviors of youth, law and sanctioning applications, and, more recently, environmental governance and the interplay between justice and development practices.Sampson Lee Blair is a Family Sociologist and Demographer at The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA. A Fulbright Scholar Award recipient, he has served as chair of the Children and Youth research section of the ASA, vice-president of the Research Committee on Youth in the International Sociological Association and received the Distinguished Career Service Award from the ASA.