Youth Crime and Youth Culture in the Inner City Contributor(s): Sanders, Bill (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415439752 ISBN-13: 9780415439756 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2007 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Children's Studies - Social Science | Social Work |
Dewey: 364.360 |
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology |
Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.79 lbs) 252 pages |
Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Youth Crime and Youth Culture in the Inner City offers an interpretive account of juvenile delinquency within the modern inner city, an environment which is characterized by a long history of social deprivation and high rates of crime. A wide range of topics are explored, such as young people's motivation for, frequency of, and attitudes towards, a variety of illegal behaviors, such as street robbery, burglary, theft, drug use, drug selling and violence. Why do young people commit these offences? Who do they commit them against? How do they feel afterwards? This book attempts to answer these important theoretical questions, utilizing ethnographic research collected over a seven year period and based around the London inner city borough of Lambeth. |