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Juvenile crime / Margaret Haerens, book editor.

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Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2013.

Juvenile delinquency.

9780737762679 (library binding)

0737762675 (library binding)

9780737764437 (paperback)

0737764430 (paperback)

Global viewpoints.

243 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Chapter 1 : Trends in juvenile crime and punishment. The United States has a higher rate of juvenile crime than other western countries / Cully Stimson -- Balkans grapple with exploding youth crime / Sabina Niksic -- British rates of girl gang crime are exploding / Paul Bracchi -- Some Central American countries treat youth gang crime as a threat to regional security / Peter Peetz -- In Europe, juvenile crime is increasingly prominent in the public consciousness / Jennifer Abramsohn -- The United States is criminalizing typical childhood behavior / Chris McGreal.

Chapter 2 : Risk factors for juvenile crime. New Zealand's juvenile crime is caused by multiple risk factors / Andrew Becroft -- The Dutch failure to integrate immigrant groups has led to an increase in juvenile crime / Soeren Kern -- Brazil's drug mafia is recruiting impoverished children / Jens Glüsing -- Palestinian girls turn to crime to escape troubled family lives / Anjuli Bedi -- The Australian juvenile system is discriminatory against Aboriginal youth / Kathy Marks -- Scotland should be more responsive to the needs of at-risk children / Rory Cahill -- The Caribbean youth crime rate is affected by the region's social and economic problems / Jeevan Robinson.

Chapter 3 : Debates over the juvenile justice system. Tanzanian juvenile institutions may be doing more harm than good / Sharifa Kalokola -- Ireland should not be incarcerating children in adult institutions / Breda O'Brien -- Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan should end the juvenile death penalty / Human Rights Watch -- Palestinian youths are being mistreated in Israeli detention / Harriet Sherwood -- Argentina considers lowering the age of criminal responsibility / Marcela Valente -- England's juvenile justice system is cruel and counterproductive / Rod Morgan.

Chapter 4 : Juvenile justice system reforms. Federal legislation tough on young criminals / Anna Mehler Paperny -- China plans major reforms of its juvenile justice system / Frank Ching -- Indonesia is on the verge of introducing a restorative justice system for juvenile offenders / Leopold Sudaryono -- Several nations in Central Asia and Eastern Europe have made major juvenile justice system reforms / Daniel O'Donnell -- Ukraine is creating a full-fledged youth justice system / Vyacheslav Panasyuk.

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