Juvenile Delinquency in the United States and the United Kingdom
. Ed(S): McDowell, Gary L.; Smith, Jinney S.
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Paperback. Editor(s): McDowell, Gary L.; Smith, Jinney S. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBK; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
This volume about juvenile delinquency in the United States and United Kingdom includes a foreword, nine chapters organized in three parts, and an afterword. Chapters 1 and 2 in Part I describe juvenile delinquency in both countries and the urgency of the current crisis. Chapters 3 to 6 in Part II deal with the two nations' juvenile justice systems, focusing on structural and ideological obstacles preventing reform. Presented in the final chapters in Part III are suggestions for reform in school, and juvenile justice setting that recognize the importance of character in causing delinquency.
This volume about juvenile delinquency in the United States and United Kingdom includes a foreword, nine chapters organized in three parts, and an afterword. Chapters 1 and 2 in Part I describe juvenile delinquency in both countries and the urgency of the current crisis. Chapters 3 to 6 in Part II deal with the two nations' juvenile justice systems, focusing on structural and ideological obstacles preventing reform. Presented in the final chapters in Part III are suggestions for reform in school, and juvenile justice setting that recognize the importance of character in causing delinquency.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
Number of Pages
197
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349274147
SKU
V9781349274147
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99-15
About . Ed(S): McDowell, Gary L.; Smith, Jinney S.
RONALD P. CORBETT, JR Deputy Commissioner of the Massachusetts Probation Department DAVID P. FARRINGTON Professor of Psychological Criminology at Cambridge University LAWRENCE A. GREENFELD Deputy Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Statistical arm of the United States Department of Justice MURREEN A. HENNEBERG previously Chief of Planning, Management and Budget in the Bureau of Justice Statistics EDWIN MEESE III Ronald ... Read more
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