Adolescent Crime

ISBN-13: 9781843923695 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 304 str.

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

Opis

Offers an understanding of adolescent crime by studying the relationship between individual characteristics and lifestyles and their joint influence on adolescent involvement in crime, against the backdrop of the juveniles' social context - taking into acc

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