Adolescent Crime

ISBN-13: 9781843921776 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 304 str.

Per-Olof H. (University Of Cambridge) Wikstrom; David A. (University Of Cambridge) Butterworth

Opis

Examines young people's involvement in crime as both victims and offenders. This book offers an understanding of adolescent crime by studying the relationship between individual characteristics and lifestyles, and their joint influence on adolescent involv

Spis treści

Contents. Acknowledgements. List of Figures and Tables 1. Introduction 2. The Peterborough Youth Study 3. The City of Peterborough and its Neighbourhoods 4. Involvement in Crime and Substance Abuse 5. Family Social Position 6. Individual Characteristics: Social Situation and Dispositions 7. The Community Context: Neighbourhoods and Schools 8. Lifestyles 9. Youth Routines and Involvement in Crime: Some Preliminary Findings from the Space-time Budget Study 10. Key Findings and their Explanations. Appendices. References. Index

O autorze

Per-Olof H. Wikstrom, David Butterworth