Adolescent Crime

Now in paperback, this major Cambridge University research study examines young people's involvement in crime including crimes of violence, vandalism, shoplifting, burglary, and car crime as both victims and offenders. Although adolescence is the time when involvement in crime peaks, few previous UK-based studies have attempted to provide a methodical and comprehensive understanding of adolescent offending on a city-wide basis. This book offers a better understanding of adolescent crime by studying the relationship between individual characteristics and lifestyles and their joint influence on adolescent involvement in crime, against the backdrop of the juveniles' social context,