Understanding Youth Crime: An Australian Study (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781138709072)

This title was first published in 2003. Adolescence is popularly understood as a transitional phase of turbulence and extremes. It is also often associated with 'trouble'. Criminal justice statistics, however, reveal that youth criminality remains a relatively rare phenomenon, less than one percent of the total adolescent population in any given year. This exceptional book is based upon a major Australian research programme to consider the key social factors impacting upon the lives of young people. A sample of 1,300 young people was divided into three major subgroups: a 'control' group, drawn from state secondary schools and closely approximating the general population; a chronically marginalized cohort representing a 'vulnerable group', and a group of offenders, most of whom were incarcerated at the time of the research. With its rich data source and highly integrated structure, the book makes a major contribution to our understanding of adolescent criminality and associated policy both in Australia and internationally.

Author: Mark Lynch
ISBN-10: 1138709077
ISBN-13: 9781138709072
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 01/25/2019
Pages: 234
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d