Description:Youth has long been a central focus of the sociologies of crime, deviance and popular culture. This lively and accessible text reassesses the growing body of writing and research about crime and young people. It provides a critical introduction to the study of youth, crime and punishment within the context of a social construction of 'youth' which is continually defined as outside of society. Key features include an overview of the field, an examination of developments in policy and practice, and an assessment of 'new' trends in research and theory. Sheila Brown provides a resource for undergraduate students in criminology, sociology, social policy, and cultural studies in a format which repeatedly poses questions to the reader and offers signposts to further inquiry. At the same time she offers a critical treatment of the marginalization of young people in popular policy and academic analysis and calls for a criminology that 'listens to youth.'We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Understanding Youth and Crime : Listening to Youth? (Crime and Justice (Buckingham, England).). To get started finding Understanding Youth and Crime : Listening to Youth? (Crime and Justice (Buckingham, England).), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
160
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
—
Release
1998
ISBN
0335200044
Understanding Youth and Crime : Listening to Youth? (Crime and Justice (Buckingham, England).)
Description: Youth has long been a central focus of the sociologies of crime, deviance and popular culture. This lively and accessible text reassesses the growing body of writing and research about crime and young people. It provides a critical introduction to the study of youth, crime and punishment within the context of a social construction of 'youth' which is continually defined as outside of society. Key features include an overview of the field, an examination of developments in policy and practice, and an assessment of 'new' trends in research and theory. Sheila Brown provides a resource for undergraduate students in criminology, sociology, social policy, and cultural studies in a format which repeatedly poses questions to the reader and offers signposts to further inquiry. At the same time she offers a critical treatment of the marginalization of young people in popular policy and academic analysis and calls for a criminology that 'listens to youth.'We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Understanding Youth and Crime : Listening to Youth? (Crime and Justice (Buckingham, England).). To get started finding Understanding Youth and Crime : Listening to Youth? (Crime and Justice (Buckingham, England).), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.