Violence and childhood in the inner city
by McCord, Joan
fromCambridge criminology series
"Why do parents hit those they love? What effect does it have on children? What can be done to end this pattern? These are some of the questions explored in The Primordial Violence. Featuring longitudinal data from over 7,000 U.S. families as well as results from a 32 nation stu…
The "School-to-Prison Pipeline" is an emerging trend that pushes large numbers of at-risk youth--particularly children of color--out of classrooms and into the juvenile justice system. The policies and practices that contribute to this trend can be seen as a pipeline with many e…
The "school-to-prison pipeline" is an emerging trend that pushes large numbers of at-risk youth--particularly children of color--out of classrooms and into the juvenile justice system. The policies and practices that contribute to this trend can be seen as a pipeline with many e…
In the last two decades data on girls' detention and incarceration reveals a remakable shift in their treatment, resulting in increased arrest and detention. It is now the case that girls coming into the criminal justice system are much more likely to be jailed.
In the last two decades data on girls' detention and incarceration reveals a remarkable shift in their treatment, resulting in increased arrest and detention. It is now the case that girls coming into the criminal justice system are much more likely to be jailed.
Responding to troubled youth
by Klein, Malcolm W., Maxson, Cheryl L.
fromStudies in crime and public policy
"Responding to Troubled Youth considers the current theories and practices in handling status offenders - those children who habitually resist the control of their parents and schools, who run away from home, who drink and stay out after curfew. How does society deal with status…
"This volume constitutes a commentary on Article 40 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, dealing with child criminal justice. It is part of the series, A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which provides an article by …
"This work explores free and enslaved African Americans' involvement in a broad range of civil actions in the Natchez district of Mississippi and Louisiana between 1800 and 1860. Though the antebellum southern courts have long been understood as institutions supporting the class…
