Offending youth : sex, crime and justice
by
Carrington, Kerry.
Title
:
Offending youth : sex, crime and justice
Author
:
Carrington, Kerry.
ISBN
:
9781862877597
Personal Author
:
Carrington, Kerry.
Publication Information
:
Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2009.
Physical Description
:
x, 211 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
:
Reformatories, training schools and institutions for neglected and delinquent children -- The emergence of juvenile justice -- Theories of sex, youth and crime -- Girls and juvenile justice -- Boys and juvenile justice -- Aboriginal youth and the juvenile justice system -- Youth, sex and violence -- Ethnic gangs, rioting and policing of young people -- Youth conferences, diversion and restorative justice.
Abstract
:
Explores key contemporary patterns of delinquency, the response to these by the juvenile justice agencies and what can be done to address the problems. Also analyses the major policy and legislative changes from the 19th to 21st centuries.
Subject Term
:
Juvenile delinquents.
Restorative justice.
Juvenile justice, Administration of.
Criminal law.
Added Author
:
Pereira, Margaret.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025482023 | 364.36 C318.O 2009 | 1 |