The Oxford Handbook of Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice

by Donna M. Bishop and Barry C. Feld

Book Overview

Over the last two decades, researchers have made significant discoveries about the causes and origins of delinquency. Specifically, we have learned a great deal about adolescent development and its relationship to decision-making, about multiple factors that contribute to delinquency, and about the processes and contexts associated with the course of delinquent careers. Over the same period, public officials have made sweeping jurisprudential, jurisdictional,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199338272
• ISBN13: 9780199338276
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 960 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.7" x 9.6"