The Peterborough Youth Study -- The City of Peterborough and its neighbourhoods -- Involvement in crime an substance use -- Family social position -- Individual characteristics: social situation and dispositions -- The community context: neighbourhoods and schools -- Lifestyles -- Youth routines and involvement in crime: some preliminary findings from the space-time budget study -- Key findings and their explanations
Summary
"This book examines young people's involvement in crime (including crimes of violence, vandalism, shoplifting, burglary and car crime) as both victims and offenders." "The findings of this study suggest the existence of three main groups of adolescent offenders: propensity induced offenders, life-style dependent offenders and situationally limited offenders, groups of offenders having different causal backgrounds to their crime involvement, and who therefore may warrant different strategies for effective prevention."--Jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-281) and index
