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American youth violence
Title:
American youth violence
Author:
Zimring, Franklin E.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Physical Description:
xiii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language:
English
Contents:
Youth violence in the 1990s -- Perception of a problem is a problem -- American youth violence: a profile -- Youth violence epidemic: myth or reality? -- Case of the terrifying toddlers -- Legal policy toward youth violence -- Some basic principles -- Firearms policy for the young -- "That malice which is to supply age": standards for transfer to criminal court -- Adolescents who kill -- Two larger contexts -- Youth violence and the future of the juvenile court -- Youth violence and youth policy.
Reading Level:
1450 Lexile.
ISBN:
9780195121452
Format :
Book