Adolescent Reputations and Risk: Developmental Trajectories to Delinquency

by Kevin Durkin, Stephen Houghton, John A.C. Hattie, et al.

Book Overview

The news of teenagers and even younger children committing ever more serious and violent crimes continues to shock and baffle. The escalating psychological and social toll of youth crime is being paid by all - from victims to offenders to parents and siblings to teachers and to the community as a whole. "Adolescent Reputations and Risk" looks beyond traditional theories to examine, from a solid empirical basis, the motivation and values that make...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387799877
• ISBN13: 9780387799872
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"