Youth, Crime, and Justice: Learning through Cases

Youth, Crime, and Justice is a comprehensive introduction to juvenile justice through a unique case-study approach. Each chapter opens with an engaging case, followed by an explanatory chapter that teaches core concepts, key terms, and critical issues. This accessible textbook covers the historical evolution of the core institutions charged with the socialization, guidance, and regulation of children and youth in the modern era, including the family, schools, communities, child welfare, and the juvenile justice system. Adopting a life course perspective, the book examines the changing legal, social, and political landscape of childhood and adolescence in America. The authors take an intersectional focus, examining the dynamics of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, power, and privilege. The book discusses the juvenile justice system, including police, courts, corrections, and recent community innovations, in relation to the latest research on positive youth development and best practices. A complimentary Instructor's Manual and Test Bank are available, as well as an open-access Companion Website for students that includes interactive flashcards and other learning material. Visit http: //textbooks.rowman.com/gebo or email textbooks@rowman.com for more information.

Author: Erika Gebo, Carolyn Boyes-Watson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 09/28/2017
Pages: 270
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.73lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9781442237445
ISBN10: 1442237449
BISAC Categories:
- Law | Criminal Law | Juvenile Offenders
- Social Science | Criminology

About the Author
Erika Gebo is associate professor of sociology and director of the graduate program in Crime and Justice Studies at Suffolk University. She is the co-editor of Looking Beyond Suppression: Community Responses to Gang Violence. Carolyn Boyes-Watson is professor of sociology and director of the Center for Restorative Justice at Suffolk University. She is the author of Crime and Justice: Learning through Cases.