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American Youth Violence (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)
American Youth Violence - Studies in Crime and Public Policy Author:Franklin E. Zimring This is the definitive examination of adolescent violence in the United States as both a social phenomenon and a policy problem. Franklin Zimring, one of America's most esteemed scholars of law and crime, scrutinizes criminal statistics and demographic trends in order to authoritatively address public worries. The result t is a thorough debunkin... more »g of Congressional predictions of "a coming storm of juvenile violence" and the half-baked policy proposals that accompany such warnings.« less