Understanding Youth Crime

'This book sheds important new light on the subject of adolescent criminality. From their imaginative research design and impressive data set, the authors have crafted a valuable work that should be required reading for scholars and practitioners of juvenile justice.' Professor Peter Grabosky,The Australian National University, Australia 'This book offers a first-rate collection of scholary papers drawing from a comprehensive A Australian research program exploring young people and their involvement in crime. It is an essential reader for youth workers, scholars, and policy makers interested in understanding more about young people and their law-breaking as well as their law-abiding behaviours.' Dr Lorraine Mazerolle, Griffith University, Australia '...thorough and well-informed work.' Weekly Law Digest 'The whole book has both practical and theoretical value...This book has relevance for lawyers, police workers and other justice professionals, psychologists, family counsellors and human service workers, and, of course, policy makers who need to absorb this book's wisdom.' Journal of Family Studies 'This is essential reading for practitioners, academics, students and policy makers in the field of youth justice. The research is imaginative and methodologically impressive....' Youth Justice 'This outstanding and brilliant research study...is a fabulous, comprehensive, well-written book on youth crime and should be required reading for anyone working with our youth in any country of origin, not just those dealing with delinquent youth.' International Criminal Justice Review