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Author Zimring, Franklin E.

Title American youth violence / Franklin E. Zimring.

Publication Info. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.
(2000 [printing])
©1998

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  364.36 Z76A    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Studies in crime and public policy
Studies in crime and public policy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-202) and index.
Contents pt. 1. Youth violence in the 1990s -- [ch]. 1. Perception of a problem is a problem -- [ch]. 2. American youth violence: a profile -- [ch]. 3. Youth violence epidemic: myth or reality? -- [ch]. 4. Case of the terrifying toddlers -- pt. 2. Legal policy toward youth violence -- [ch]. 5. Some basic principles -- [ch]. 6. Firearms policy for the young -- [ch]. 7. "That malice which is to supply age": standards for transfer to criminal court -- [ch]. 8. Adolescents who kill -- pt. 3. Two larger contexts -- [ch]. 9. Youth violence and the future of the juvenile court -- [ch]. 10. Youth violence and youth policy.
Subject Violent crimes -- Government policy -- United States.
Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States.
Juvenile delinquency -- Government policy -- United States.
ISBN 019514063X
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