Handbook of Youth and Justice

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Law and Social Science Perspectives on Youth and Justice

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Understanding Victimization and Offending

      • Susan O. White

      Pages 3-9

   3. Juvenile Crime Victims in the Justice System

      • David Finkelhor, Mallie J. Paschall, Patricia Y. Hashima

      Pages 11-28

3. Victimization

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29

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   2. Child Abuse and Neglect

      • Cathy Spatz Widom

      Pages 31-47

   3. The Victimization of Children and Youth

      • David Finkelhor, Patricia Y. Hashima

      Pages 49-78

   4. Child Pornography

      • Daniel Linz, Dorothy Imrich

      Pages 79-111

4. Offending

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113

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   2. Demography and Death by Violence

      • James Alan Fox, Jodi Brown, Mary Ann Zager, Monica Bartlett

      Pages 115-134

   3. Girls, Violence, and Delinquency

      • Meda Chesney-Lind

      Pages 135-158

   4. Alcohol, Youth, and the Justice System

      • Susan Ehrlich Martin

      Pages 159-189

5. Cross-Cultural Patterns of Delinquency

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191

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   2. Two Worlds of Deviance

      • James O. Finckenauer

      Pages 193-206

   3. Youth Crime in Western Europe

      • Rosemary Barberet

      Pages 207-220

6. Environmental Influences

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221

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   2. Forging Criminals in the Family

      • Joan McCord

      Pages 223-235

   3. Youth Collectivities and Adolescent Violence

      • James F. Short Jr.

      Pages 237-264

   4. Community

      • Robert J. Bursik Jr.

      Pages 265-275

   5. Segregation and Youth Criminal Violence

      • Ruth D. Peterson, Lauren J. Krivo, Maria B. Vélez

      Pages 277-286

When approached by Plenum to put together a volume of social science research on the topic of "youth and justice," I found the interdisciplinary challenge of such a project intriguing. Having spent 2 years as Director of the Law and Social Science Program at the National Science Foundation, I was well aware of the rich diversity of research that could fit within that topic. I also knew that excellent research on youth and justice was coming from different communities of researchers who often were isolated from each other in their respective disciplines as psychologists, sociologists, criminologists, or policy analysts. I saw this project as an opportunity to break down some of this isolation by introducing these researchers-and their work-to each other and to the broader community of social scientists interested in law and justice. There was another gap, or set of gaps, to be bridged as well. The juvenile justice system and the criminal justice system differ in significant ways, and the civil justice system, which is a major venue for issues of youth and justice, is yet another separate world. Few researchers are likely to know the whole picture. For example, a focus on juvenile justice often ignores the extent to which civil justice proceedings shape the lives of young people through divorce, custody, adoption, family preservation policies, and other actions (and vice versa).

• Child Abuse
• Crime
• Criminal Violence
• Criminology
• Delinquency
• Gang
• Violence
• environment
• psychology

`This book is recommended for libraries that serve departments of criminal justice human development, psychology, sociology, and social work.'
Choice, 38:11 (2001)

• University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA

  Susan O. White

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