Abstract
Building on the strengths of earlier editions, Juvenile Justice: Youth and Crime in Australia (Third Edition) provides a comprehensive introduction to juvenile justice. This revised and updated edition explores the dynamics of youth crime and the institutions of social control in Australia.
CONTENTS:
Part 1: History, Theory and Institutions
1.The Development of Juvenile Justice
2.Theories of Juvenile Offending
3.The Nature of Contemporary Juvenile Crime
4.The Institutions of Juvenile Justice
Part 2: The Social Dynamics of Juvenile Justice
5.Class and Community
6.Indigenous Young People
7.Ethnic Minority Young People
8.Young Women, Young Men and Gender
Part 3: The State, Punishment and Community
9.Policing the Young
10.Courts and Sentencing Processes
11.Detention and Community Corrections
12.Youth Crime Prevention
13.Restorative Justice and Juvenile Conferencing