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Juvenile Justice

Youth and Crime in Australia

Fifth Edition

Chris Cunneen, Rob White, Kelly Richards

$109.95 AUD

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ISBN:
9780195598421
Published:
7 Nov 2015
Availability:
Print on demand

Juvenile Justice: Youth and Crime in Australia (fifth edition) is about youth and crime in Australia, and the institutions and agencies associated with the administration of juvenile justice. It provides an accessible overview to the main concepts and issues of Juvenile Justice and critically analyses the associated principles, policies and practices.

Part 1: History, Theory and Institutions
1. The Development of Juvenile Justice
2. Theories of Juvenile Offending
3. The Nature of Contemporary Juvenile Crime
4. The Institutions of Juvenile Justice
Part 2: The Social Dynamics of Juvenile Justice
5. Class and Community
6. Indigenous Young People
7. Ethnic Minority Young People
8. Young Women, Young Men and Gender
Part 3: The State, Punishment and Community
9. Policing the Young
10. Courts and Sentencing Processes
11. Detention and Community Corrections
12. Youth Crime Prevention
13. Restorative Justice and Juvenile Conferencing

Chris Cunneen is a Professor in the Faculties of Arts, Social Sciences and Law, at the University of New South Wales

Rob White is a Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Tasmania

Kelly Richards is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Justice at the Queensland University of Technology

Chris Cunneen, Professor in the faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, and Law, University of New South Wales Rob White, Professor of Criminology in the School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania Kelly Richards, Senior Lecturer in the School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology

The following resources are available for lecturers who prescribe Juvenile Justice for their course:

  • Instructor’s Resource Manual with discussion questions.

Click here to access the full list of lecturer resources