Juvenile delinquency in Europe and beyond: an international perspective on key issues and causes

Juvenile Delinquency in Europe and Beyond: An International Perspective on Key Issues and Causes describes the juvenile crime situation and its backgroundsin the European Union member states as well as in the US, Canada, Venezuela and Surinam. The book includes information on key issues in juvenile delinquency such as victimization of young people, alcohol and drug use, involvement in youth gangs, immigration, family and school and neighborhood situations. It provides insight into different views on what can be considered juvenile crime; what acts are subsumed in its definition and when we can speak about structural delinquent behavior. These insights are based on self-reported information systematically and simultaneously collected from about 70,000 12-15 year old youth in 27 countries. Until recently the self-report methodology has not been applied on such a large scale in an international context. This is of great interest to social scientists who are interested in survey research. The sheer amount of comparable information on youth crime and victimization in 30 countries provides a valuable reference for criminal justice researchers. The standardized methodology provides unique insights into the challenges and solutions related to conducting large-scale comparative surveys. The first time that so many “new” European member states are included in a longitudinal study on crime

• ISBN: 978-0-387-95981-8
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 400
• Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés