Lost in Transition
Subtitle: Young Adult Offenders in the Criminal Justice System (Cambridge Criminal Justice Ser)
Contributors: Anthony Bottoms (Editor); Friedrich Losel (Editor)
Publisher: Willan Pub; Willan
Published: May 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781843922711
Subjects: Causes & prevention of crime; Men's studies; Offenders; Penology & punishment; Criminology; Penology; Social Science; Sociology
Description: This latest volume in the Cambridge Criminal Justice Series focuses upon young adults and their treatment in the criminal justice system. Young adults aged 18-21 are at the peak age for offending, but they have been neglected in comparison with young people under 18; they have few programmes designed especially for them and are increasingly being held in adult prisons rather than Young Offender Institutions. This book brings together leading authorities in the field to analyse both theoretical and policy issues relating to this neglected group of people, exploring different approaches in relation to both the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders.