The first decade of the new century proved to be a deadly one for many children and young people in the United States. Despite increased policing on the streets, higher rates of incarceration, harsher sentencing, stricter control of illegal drugs, and attempts to reduce access t…
Based on the findings of a unique longitudinal study, this volume provides experts with unprecedented analysis of prospectively collected data following the road from childhood to early adulthood of 1,517 boys and young men from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The first decade of the new century proved to be a deadly one for many children and young people in the United States. Despite increased policing on the streets, higher rates of incarceration, harsher sentencing, stricter control of illegal drugs, and attempts to reduce access t…
When fourteen-year-old Jesse Pomeroy was arrested in 1874, a nightmarish reign of terror over an unsuspecting city came to an end. "The Boston Boy Fiend" was imprisoned at last. But the complex questions sparked by his ghastly crime spree -- the hows and whys of vicious juvenile…
Presents an account of the events leading up to the discovery of a murdered fourteen-year-old girl in a small town in Victoria, British Columbia.
By twists and turns, Under the Bridge examines a terrible crime in which middle-class teenagers obsessed with film idols and hip-hop culture turn on one of their own with tragic results. Who were the seemingly ordinary suburban teenagers who found themselves under the bridge on …
"By twists and turns, Under the Bridge examines a terrible crime in which middle-class teenagers obsessed with film idols and hip-hop culture turn on one of their own with tragic results." "Who were the seemingly ordinary suburban teenagers who found themselves under the bridge …
Presents an account of the events leading up to the discovery of a murdered fourteen-year-old girl in a small town in Victoria, British Columbia.
Who were the seemingly ordinary teenagers who beat and killed a girl who longed to be their friend' And how could they hide the murder from their parents and teachers and the police for eight days' Drawing on six years of research -- including interviews with the accused -- accl…
Presents an account of the events leading up to the discovery of a murdered fourteen-year-old girl in a small town in Victoria, British Columbia.
