Youth and Crime

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

Av John Muncie

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The most comprehensive and authoritative textbook on youth crime and youth justice.

Extensively updated to reflect changes in the youth justice system and contemporary debates around youth crime, this fifth edition of Youth and Crime:

Includes new chapters on developmental and life course theories, and punitive justice strategies.
Has been significantly expanded with new sections on the politicisation of youth crime, knife crime and gangs, child refugees, climate justice, child-on-child homicide, and localised criminal exploitation.
Features increased coverage of policing strategies, including sections on policing public space and rethinking youth justice.

Complete with a new two colour design, chapter outlines, summary boxes, study questions, further reading lists, useful website lists, and a glossary, this textbook expertly guides students through their studies in youth and crime.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-03-25
Mått186 x 232 x 36 mm
Vikt1 130 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor576
Upplaga5
FörlagSAGE Publications
ISBN9781529707656

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John Muncie is Emeritus Professor of Criminology at the Open University, UK. He is the author of Youth and Crime (5th edition, Sage, 2021), and he has published widely on issues in comparative youth justice and children’s rights, including the co-edited companion volumes Youth Crime and Justice and Comparative Youth Justice (Sage, 2006). He has produced numerous Open University texts and readers, including Crime: Local and Global (Willan, 2010), Criminal Justice: Local and Global (Willan, 2010), The Problem of Crime (2nd edition, Sage, 2001), Crime Prevention and Community Safety (Sage, 2001) and Imprisonment: European Perspectives (Harvester, 1991). He has also contributed nine volumes to the The Sage Library of Criminology (Sage, 2007–2009). He is co-editor of the Sage journal Youth Justice: An International Journal.

Chapter 1: Images of Youth and CrimeChapter 2: Histories of Youth and CrimeChapter 3: Explaining Youth Crime I: Positivist CriminologiesChapter 4: Explaining Youth Crime II: Developmental and Life Course TheoriesChapter 5: Explaining Youth Crime III: Radical and Realist CriminologiesChapter 6: Youth VictimologyChapter 7: Youth Cultures, Cultural Studies and Cultural CriminologyChapter 8: Youth and Social Policy: Control, Regulation and GovernanceChapter 9: Youth Justice Strategies I: Welfare and JusticeChapter 10: Youth Justice Strategies II: Policing, Prevention and Risk ManagementChapter 11: Youth Justice Strategies III: Custody, Punishment and RightsChapter 12: Comparative and International Youth Justice

This textbook is a ′must have′ for any course which examines the developments around young people and crime. It is a helpful and insightful read which supports student learning and critical understanding of the key theories, issues, debates and controversies in this area of study. It is written in an engaging way which, along with the helpful summary boxes and study questions, means that it is an accessible companion text for students on a large variety of criminology, sociology and youth focused modules. This new edition makes important links to more recent literature on developments in this field of study, meaning that this textbook remains a key book for anyone studying or teaching in this area.