The Paradox of Youth Violence
- ISBN-10
- 1588267881
- ISBN-13
- 9781588267887
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 211
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Pub
- Author
- J. William Spencer
Description
Is a teenage violent offender a dangerous predator-or a vulnerable innocent that we should rescue from a life of crime? J. William Spencer probes our ambivalent response to youth violence to show how deeply entwined issues of crime, age, race, and class distort our understanding of an important social problem.
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