Youth Violence

Sex and Race Differences in Offending, Victimization, and Gang Membership

Finn-Aage Esbensen, Dana Peterson, Terrance J. Taylor, Adrienne Freng (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

244 Seiten

2010
Temple University Press,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-4399-0071-0 (ISBN)

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The first comprehensive overview to examine how sex and race/ethnicity impact the interrelationships among youth violence, violent victimization, and gang membership

Finn-Aage Esbensen is the E. Desmond Lee Professor of Youth Crime and Violence in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Dana Peterson, is an Associate Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University at Albany. Terrance J. Taylor is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Adrienne Freng is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Wyoming.

List of Figures and Tables Preface 1. Introduction PART I: Understanding Youth Violence 2. Conceptual Framework 3. Research Design and Methodological Issues PART II: Types of Youth Violence 4. Youth Violence 5. Gang Membership 6. Violent Victimization 7. The Co-occurrence of Violence and the Cumulative Effect of Multiple Risk Factors PART III: Understanding and Responding to Youth Violence 8. Putting It All Together: A Theoretical Framework 9. Responding to Youth Violence Appendix: Demographic and Risk Factor Measures References Index

Verlagsort	Philadelphia PA
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-4399-0071-X / 143990071X
ISBN-13	978-1-4399-0071-0 / 9781439900710
Zustand	Neuware