Youth Crime in America: A Modern Synthesis
Autor Roy Lotzen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 2004
This new book introduces readers to the latest developments in delinquency theory and research by providing a clear, jargon-free, in-depth treatment of the most recent and significant writings in the field. It provides wide coverage of youth crime, delinquency, and the justice system without overwhelming readers with dual and often confusing statements. Streamlined and easily readable, "Youth Crime in America" covers such topics as: social issues and youth crime; official data and victim surveys; American adolescence today; theories of youth crime; Chicago School and strain/anomie theories; social control and sensation seeking; the family and youth crime; schools; peers; the police; the juvenile court system; and corrections and prevention. A useful guide for those in the youth criminal justice system, as well as educators, therapists, and others that work with adolescents.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780130261847
ISBN-10: 013026184X
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 178 x 234 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Pearson
Locul publicării:Upper Saddle River, United States
ISBN-10: 013026184X
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 178 x 234 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Pearson
Locul publicării:Upper Saddle River, United States
Descriere
For use as a core text for undergraduate Juvenile Delinquency courses in departments of Criminology and Sociology.
This new text introduces students to the latest developments in delinquency theory and research by providing a clear, jargon-free, in-depth treatment of the most recent and significant writings in the field. It provides wide coverage of youth crime, delinquency, and the justice system without overwhelming students with dual and often confusing statements.
This new text introduces students to the latest developments in delinquency theory and research by providing a clear, jargon-free, in-depth treatment of the most recent and significant writings in the field. It provides wide coverage of youth crime, delinquency, and the justice system without overwhelming students with dual and often confusing statements.
Cuprins
1. Making Youth Crime Into a Social Issue.
2. Official Data, Self Reports, and Victim Surveys.
3. American Adolescence Today.
4. Individualistic Theories of Youth Crime.
5. Chicago School and Strain/Anomie Theories.
6. Social Control, Routine Activities, and Sensation Seeking.
7. The Family and Youth Crime.
8. Schools and Youth Crime.
9. Peers and Youth Crime.
10. The Police and Youth Crime.
11. Youth and the Juvenile Court.
12. Corrections and Prevention.
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Youth Crime in America: A Modern Synthesis introduces students to the latest developments in delinquency, theory, and research. This book provides the student with a clear, jargon-free, in-depth understanding of the most recent and most significant writings in the field. The focus is on the newer theories and prevention methods rather than the dated ones. New ideas, be they absorbing or disturbing, fascinate readers-they help to keep the mind alive.
Distinguishing Features Include:
Distinguishing Features Include:
- Chapter One closely examines how youth crime has been dealt in mass communication and how this treatment has affected public opinion and political rhetoric on youth crime.
- Chapter Three is devoted to the general topic of American adolescence today, including the significance of pubertal timing, parental reactions, and the adolescent subculture.
- Chapter Twelve discusses in detail eleven treatment programs that work, such as nurse home visitations; the incredible years, and functional family therapy This introduces students to the best programs.
Caracteristici
- Mass communication and youth crime—Shows how youth crime has been dealt with in mass communication and how this treatment has affected public opinion and political rhetoric on youth crime.
- Allows students to see how moral panics are created and the impact they have on policy.
- Allows students to see how moral panics are created and the impact they have on policy.
- American adolescence today—Addresses the significance of the timing of puberty, parental reactions, and the adolescent subculture.
- Shows students some of the different models of adolescence that have been devised by behavioral scientists to make sense of teenagers and their behavior.
- Shows students some of the different models of adolescence that have been devised by behavioral scientists to make sense of teenagers and their behavior.
- Eleven treatment programs that work—Discussed in detail in Chapter 12; includes nurse home visitations, the incredible years, and functional family therapy.
- Introduces students to the best programs available today.
- Introduces students to the best programs available today.
- Recent sociological and psychological theories and research.
- Provides students with an up-to-date text.
- Provides students with an up-to-date text.
- Student-friendly, streamlined coverage—Does not confuse or overwhelm the undergraduate student.
- Allows students to easily understand the material presented.
- Allows students to easily understand the material presented.
- Comprehensive Instructor's Package—Includes Instructor's Manual with Tests, WIN PH Test Manager, and MAC PH Test Manager.
- Provides instructors with valuable course support.
- Provides instructors with valuable course support.