The Handbook of juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice /

The Handbook of juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice / edited by Marvin D. Krohn and Jodi Lane. - xix, 644 pages 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Examines advances in the fields of juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice,with interdisciplinary perspectives. Addresses developements in theory,research and policy,as well as cultural changes and legal shifts. Summaries of juvenile justice trends from US,Netherlands,Brazil,Russia,India,South Africa and China are available. Covers central issues in the scholarly literature,such as social learning theories,opportunity theories,criminal processing,labeling and deterrence,gangs and crime,community-based sanctions and reentry,victimization, and fear of crime.

9781118513170 (hardback)

2015008549


Juvenile delinquency.
Juvenile justice, Administration of.

HV9069 / .H191 2015