Title: Renegade kids, suburban outlaws : from youth culture to delinquency /
Authors: Wooden, Wayne S.; Blazak, Randy, 1964-
Publisher: Wadsworth Pub.,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Youth with social disabilities; Problem youth.; Deviant behavior.; Suburban life
Abstract: Topics covered include exploring boundary between deviance and criminality in the lives of young people who are deeply involved in the youth culture; show how youth culture is not a set of categories so much as it is a dynamic and creative response to the confusions of growing up in modern society.
Contents: Introduction to the problem -- Understanding why youth become deviant -- Mall rats and life in the mall -- Kicking back at "raging high" -- Punks and anarchy : changes in the youth scene -- Gutter-punks and the lure of the street -- Suburban school shooters -- Tagger crews and members of the posse -- Skinheads : teenagers and hate crimes -- Stoner gangs and satanic youths -- Reactions to youthful offenders -- Generation why? : crisis at the millenium -- Final thoughts.