Mean Streets Youth Crime and Homelessness |
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| Author:
| Hagan, John
McCarthy, Bill |
| Contribution by:
| Blumstein, Alfred
Farrington, David |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Criminology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-49743-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1997 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $120.00 |
Book Description:
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This field study, featuring intensive interviews of youth living on the streets of Toronto and Vancouver, examines why youth take to the streets, their struggles to survive, victimization, involvement in crime, contacts with the police, and efforts to rejoin conventional society. Major theories of youth crime are analyzed and reappraised.
This field study, featuring intensive interviews of youth living on the streets of Toronto and Vancouver, examines why youth take to the streets, their struggles to survive, victimization, involvement in crime, contacts with the police, and efforts to rejoin conventional society. Major theories of youth crime are analyzed and reappraised.