Understanding Youth and Crime.

This book is an accessible introduction to the subject of youth and crime. The author explores the social construction of childhood and youth, and looks at the role of the media in creating a strong association of young people with crime and disorder, which sustains processes of marginalization and...

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Main Author: Brown, Sheila, 1959-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Maidenhead : McGraw-Hill International (UK) Ltd., 2007.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Summary:This book is an accessible introduction to the subject of youth and crime. The author explores the social construction of childhood and youth, and looks at the role of the media in creating a strong association of young people with crime and disorder, which sustains processes of marginalization and exclusion and leads to frequent |panics¿ about youth crime. The importance of media representations of race and gender in these processes are also explored.
Physical Description:1 online resource (266 pages)
ISBN:9780335224401
0335224407
1280950897
9781280950896
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.