Juvenile Delinquency and Delinquents: The Nexus of Social Change

Juvenile Delinquency and Delinquents: The Nexus of Social Change
ISBN-10
0135127378
ISBN-13
9780135127377
Category
Social Science / Social Work
Pages
152
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Pearson/Prentice Hall
Authors
James F. Short, Lorine A. Hughes

Description

Prentice Hall s Masters Series in Criminology brings the work of true masters to life for a new audience of readers, presenting brief and accessible introductions to crime and criminology topics from some of the leading scholars in criminology today. All authors in the series are true academic pioneers, and each book in the series pulls from the authors decades of research and writing in their fields. The first and only series of its kind, Prentice Hall s Masters Series in Criminology introduces readers to the scholars and issues that are at the core of modern criminology."

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