This book examines the psychosocial, legal, and familial factors at play in the persistence in crime and social marginalization in adults with a history of juve

This book examines the psychosocial, legal, and familial factors at play in the persistence in crime and social marginalization in adults with a history of juve

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

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