Buch, Englisch, 88 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 172 g
A Critical Introduction
Buch, Englisch, 88 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 172 g
Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Criminology
ISBN: 978-1-4419-0272-6
Verlag: Springer
Canada has a new Act governing youth crime, and there are indications that the Act will be revised again to make it "tougher" on youth in conflict with the law, a development reflecting what many scholars are calling the "punitive turn" in youth justice policies in Canada and elsewhere. At the same time, Canadian child poverty rates (which are strongly correlated with criminality) have remained high, despite a commitment, made by governments in 1989 to eradicate the problem by the year 2000. Immigration patterns have changed, and unemployment rates for young Canadians remain almost twice as high as those for adults. In this volume, Youth Criminal Justice Policy in Canada: A Critical Introduction, the author addresses these and other developments in relation to youth crime in Canada from a critical criminological perspective.
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- Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtspolitik
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
- Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Jugendkriminalität