Youth and Crime: A Critical Introduction

by John Muncie

This accessible introductory textbook combines criminology with sociologies of youth and social policy and presents an up-to-date and comprehensive picture of much of contemporary youth research and youth policy. Each chapter focuses on a substantive topic such as: political discourses; social histories; the extent and causes of offending; youth cultures; social policy and the youth justice system whilst emphasizing the importance of historical, feminist and comparative perspectives on youth crime and regulation. Many current aspects of the `youth problem′ including joy-riding, homelessness, truancy, rave culture, boot camps, poverty and unemployment, parental responsibility, zero tolerance and electronic tagging are critically discussed wi

Genres: Social Science, Psychology, Nonfiction

368 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

aka John Jaffe (with Jody Jaffe).

Research Interests:
Critical criminology, comparative youth justice, crime, harm and social policy.

Since 2003 he's been a Director of The Open University International Centre for Comparative Criminological Research (ICCCR).

Reviews

[Chrisv · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm using this as core text for a module (political discourse) for my degree. It's pretty helpful, and for a first eTextbook, I'm pretty impressed.
Has anyone else used this book for uni? What about from an ereader? (FYI - I use http://www.blikbook.com as my ebook provider - if anyone's has used this I'd appreciate reading about your experience on that too!)