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Juvenile crime and violence has always piqued the public's interest. Indeed, each generation of Americans tends to define the youth crime problem as more serious than any previous generation. Even though juvenile homicides have been decreasing since the mid-1990s, the media is still quick to provide dramatic examples of juvenile monsters who are terrorizing their communities. Shootings at school, gang banging and trafficking drugs, school bullies, and charging juveniles as adults are subjects that have recently received wide media coverage. This three volume set on the nature, incidence, consequences, and treatment of youth crime and violence will help readers understand the true nature of youth crime and violence from a variety of perspectives. Each volume covers a different area and experts write on topics ranging from sex offending to fire starting, from gangs to guns, from juvenile probation to charging youths as adults, from mandatory mental health treatment to police in school settings, and more.What drives a teenager to steal? To kill? Why does youth crime and violence occur? Why are youths such vulnerable targets? What can be done to stop youth offenders, and what can be done to help youthful victims? How does the criminal justice system respond? What do communities do to punish and protect youths? What can schools do to intervene? All these questions and more are answered in this set on this timely and important topic. Our youth are our most precious commodity, and protecting vulnerable children as well as helping offenders is of paramount importance for steering them toward safe and productive lives. These volumes help readers better understand the causes and consequences of youth violence and crime and consider ways to address the problems.
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Youth Violence and Delinquency: Monsters and Myths, Volumes 1-3
Edited by Marilyn D. McShane Frank P. Williams III
PRAEGER
Youth Violence and Delinquency
Recent Titles in Criminal Justice, Delinquency, and Corrections The Fragmentation of Policing in American Cities: Toward an Ecological Theory of Police-Citizen Relations Hung-En Sung Profiles from Prison: Adjusting to Life Behind Bars Michael Santos Racial Issues in Criminal Justice: The Case of African Americans Marvin D. Free, Jr. In the Adopted Land: Abused Immigrant Women and the Criminal Justice System Hoan N. Bui Peddling Poison: The Tobacco Industry and Kids Clete Snell Boys among Men: Trying and Sentencing Juveniles as Adults David L. Myers
Youth Violence and Delinquency Monsters and Myths
Volume 1 Juvenile Offenders and Victims Edited by MARILYN D. MCSHANE AND FRANK P. WILLIAMS III
Praeger Perspectives
Criminal Justice, Delinquency, and Corrections
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Youth violence and delinquency : monsters and myths / edited by Marilyn D. McShane and Frank P. Williams III. p. cm. — (Criminal justice, delinquency, and corrections, ISSN 1535-0371) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-275-99112-8 (set : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-275-99113-5 (v. 1 : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-275-99114-2 (v. 2 : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-275-99115-9 (v. 3 : alk. paper) 1. Juvenile delinquency— United States. 2. Juvenile justice, Administration of—United States. 3. Victims of juvenile crime—United States. 4. Juvenile delinquency—United States—Prevention. I. McShane, Marilyn D., 1956- II. Williams, Franklin P. HV9104.Y6854 2007 364.360973—dc22 2007003047 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright ' 2007 by Marilyn D. McShane and Frank P. Williams III All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2007003047 ISBN-10: 0-275-99112-1 (set)