This key book examines how we can prevent children from engaging in offending behaviour and therefore prevent the pre-school children of today from influencing

Describes how positive parental involvement deters delinquent behavior while its absence -- or worse, its negative counterpart -- fosters misconduct. Researcher

Even though youth crime rates have fallen since the mid-1990s, public fear and political rhetoric over the issue have heightened. The Columbine shootings and ot

How does the law deal with young offenders, and to what extent does the law protect and promote the rights of young people in conflict with the law? These are t

When is it fair to hold young people criminally responsible? If young people lack the capacity to make a meaningful choice and to control their impulses, should