Youth Justice Books

New and Published Books

1. Youth, Crime and Justice

   By Cyndi Banks

   Youth, Crime and Justice takes a critical issues approach to analyzing the current debates and issues in juvenile delinquency. It encourages readers to adopt an analytical understanding encompassing not only juvenile crime, but also the broader context within which the conditions of juvenile...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
2. Juvenile Justice Administration

   By Peter C. Kratcoski

   An effective administrator must not only have the educational background to understand the foundational basis for the system, but must also be guided by the vision and mission of the organization. Juvenile Justice Administration illustrates through examples and interviews with juvenile justice...

   Published May 9th 2012 by CRC Press
3. Delinquency Theories

   Appraisals and applications

   By John P. Hoffmann

   Delinquency Theories: Appraisals and applications provides a fulsome and accessible overview of contemporary theories of juvenile delinquency. The book opens with a comprehensive description of what a theory is, and explains how theories are created in the social sciences. Following on, each...

   Published March 29th 2011 by Routledge
4. Youth in Crisis?

   'Gangs', Territoriality and Violence

   Edited by Barry Goldson

   Few issues attract greater concern and censure than those that surround youth 'gangs'. Paradoxically, youth researchers have conventionally been reluctant to even use the term 'gang' but, more recently, such reluctance has receded. Indeed, it is increasingly claimed that – in particular urban...

   Published February 6th 2011 by Routledge
5. Effective Practice in Youth Justice

   2nd Edition

   By Martin Stephenson, Henri Giller, Sally Brown

   Providing a comprehensive and up-to-date review of research and the implications for practice, the second edition of Effective Practice in Youth Justice considers core areas of youth justice practice, such as how to engage young people effectively within the context of recent changes to the youth...

   Published December 14th 2010 by Routledge