Young offenders and youth justice
Subtitle: a century after the fact
By: Sandra J. Bell
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Nelson Education
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9780176501747
Subjects: Juvenile delinquency; Textbooks; Administration of Juvenile justice; Délinquance juvénile; Manuels d'enseignement supérieur; Justice pour mineurs; Administration
Notes: First-2nd ed. published under title: Young offenders and juvenile justice.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Chapter 1: The Rise and Fall of Delinquency; title: Chapter 2: Creating a Juvenile Justice System: Then and Now; title: Chapter 3: The Facts of Youth Crime; title: Chapter 4: The Social Face of Youth Crime; title: Chapter 5: Explaining Crime and Delinquency: In the Beginning...; title: Chapter 6: Different Directions in Theorizing About Youth Crime and Delinquency; title: Chapter 7: Family, School, Peers, and the Youth Crime Problem; title: Chapter 8: First Contact: Police and Diversionary Measures; title: Chapter 9: Going to Court; title: Chapter 10: Youth Corrections: Going to Jail; title: Chapter 11: Perpetuating Social Injustice; title: Chapter 12: A Century after the Fact: What Do We Know? Where Are We Going?; title: Glossary; title: References; title: Cases cited; title: Index.