Criminology and Criminal Justice

This book brings together leading experts to analyse both theoretical and policy issues relating to young adults and their treatment in the criminal justice system, exploring different approaches to crime prevention and the treatment of offenders...

This book examines how young men between the ages of 18 and 21 adapt practically, socially and psychologically to prison life. Based on extensive research in Feltham Young Offenders Institution, it concentrates both on the successful adaptation to prison life and on the experience of individuals who..

This book examines how young men between the ages of 18 and 21 adapt practically, socially and psychologically to prison life. Based on extensive research in Feltham Young Offenders Institution, it concentrates both on the successful adaptation to prison life and on the experience of individuals who..

Presenting research in a young-offenders’ institution and drawing on perspectives from life-course criminology, this book examines levels of reoffending over time among youths sentenced to custody, and considers the impact of open sentences...

This book seeks to explore the full extent of the implications of the relationship between education and youth crime, in terms of social policy and public opinion. It will be essential reading for youth justice practitioners as well as students taking courses on youth crime and youth justice, or on ..

Globally, nationally and locally men’s violence against women is an endemic social problem and an enduring human rights issue. While men are more likely to be victims of stranger assaults and violence, official data shows that women are most likely to be attacked, beaten, raped and killed by men kno..

This extended and fully updated new edition offers a comprehensive introduction to youth crime and justice, considering the key challenges facing the contemporary youth justice system, as well as theoretical explanations for youth criminality. _x005F_x000D_ Written at an accessible level accessible ..

Few issues attract greater concern and censure than those that surround youth 'gangs'. Comprising a series of essays from leading national and international researchers, this book subjects such claims to rigorous critical scrutiny. It provides a challenging and authoritative account of complex quest..

The exciting new edition of this well-loved textbook offers a fully expanded and revised account and analysis of the youth justice system in the UK, taking into account and fully addressing recent and significant changes...

The exciting new edition of this well-loved textbook offers a fully expanded and revised account and analysis of the youth justice system in the UK, taking into account and fully addressing recent and significant changes...

This book offers a fresh way of considering compliance in the youth justice system, drawing on examples from youth justice systems around the world and considering the social context of community-based disposals for young offenders...

This book offers a fresh way of considering compliance in the youth justice system, drawing on examples from youth justice systems around the world and considering the social context of community-based disposals for young offenders...