Youth Crime and Justice: Learning through Cases

About this book

Youth Crime and Justice is a comprehensive introduction to juvenile justice through a unique case-study approach. Each chapter opens with an engaging case followed by an explanatory chapter that teaches core concepts key terms and critical issues. This accessible textbook covers the historical evolution of the core institutions charged with the socialization guidance and regulation of children and youth in the modern era including the family schools communities child welfare and the juvenile justice system. Adopting a life course perspective the book examines the changing legal social and political landscape of childhood and adolescence in America. The authors take an intersectional focus examining the dynamics of race ethnicity class gender sexuality power and privilege. The book discusses the juvenile justice system including police courts corrections and recent community innovations in relation to the latest research on positive youth development and best practices. A complimentary Instructors Manual and Test Bank are available as well as an open-access Companion Website for students that includes interactive flashcards and other learning material. Visit http://textbooks.rowman.com/gebo or email textbooks@rowman.com for more information.