American youth violence

Main Author: Zimring, Franklin E.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Series:Studies in crime and public policy
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10142239
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. Youth Violence in the 1990s. 1. The Perception of a Problem Is a Problem. 2. American Youth Violence - A Profile. 3. A Youth Violence Epidemic: Myth or Reality? 4. The Case of the Terrifying Toddlers
  • Pt. II. Legal Policy Toward Youth Violence. 5. Some Basic Principles. 6. Firearms Policy for the Young. 7. "That Malice Which Is to Supply Age": Standards for Transfer to Criminal Court. 8. Adolescents Who Kill
  • Pt. III. Two Larger Contexts. 9. Youth Violence and the Future of the Juvenile Court. 10. Youth Violence and Youth Policy.