1st Edition
Cautionary Tales Young People, Crime and Policing in Edinburgh
180 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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Juvenile crime makes headlines. It is the stock-in-trade of politicians and pundits. But young people are also the victims of crime. They too have demands to make of the police. Drawing upon survey and interview research with 11 to 15 year-olds in Edinburgh, this book examines how crime impacts upon young people’s everyday lives. It reveals that young people experience far more serious... Read more
Contents: Young people and the city; The victimisation of young people; Living with crime; Breaking the law, learning the rules; Young people and the police.
Biography
Simon Anderson, Richard Kinsey, Connie Smith
’...an important and pioneering study in several different senses.’ L’Officier de Police ’This is a marvellous path-breaking study, which puts children as victims in a much clearer context than other work...’ British Journal of Criminology
