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This book offers a comprehensive and critical account of the changes introduced into the UK youth justice system by the 1998 Crime and Disorder legislation, and its implications for youth justice managers and professionals. It identifies strategies for the practitioner that address the impact of crime, the social predicament of the young offender and the effectiveness of formal and informal mechanisms of social control and social support, thereby showing ways of coming to grips with one of the most serious problems besetting the poorest members of our society.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 171 ● ISBN 9781349143481 ● Publisher Macmillan Education UK ● Published 1999 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 6783017 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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