The Juvenile Offender: Theory, Research and Applications

by Robert D. Hoge

This book provides a discussion ofadvances in our understanding of the juvenile offender. These derive from psychological and criminological theoryand researchonthe phenomenonofyouth crime and from efforts on the part of social science researchers and practitioners to develop and evaluate new approaches to prevention and treatment. The theoretical and empirical advances relate, first, to analyses of the nature and extent ofyouth crime. This is reflected,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792372220
• ISBN13: 9780792372226
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"