Offending youth
Subtitle: sex, crime and justice
By: Kerry Carrington and Margaret Pereira.
Contributors: Pereira, Margaret.
Publisher: Federation Press; Federation Pr; Brand: Federation Pr
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Annandale, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9781862877597
Subjects: Juvenile delinquents; Restorative justice; Juvenile justice, Administration of; Criminal law
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-199) and index.