YOUTH AND VIOLENCE

• NCJ Number: 10968
• Author(s): M E WOLFGANG
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 95 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS FOR VIOLENT BEHAVIOR IN YOUTH AND A DISCUSSION OF SOCIETY'S RESPONSES TO SUCH BEHAVIOR.

Abstract

AMONG THE AREAS EXAMINED ARE THE VARIOUS MEANS BY WHICH SOCIETY SOCIALIZES ITS YOUNG PEOPLE INTO VIOLENCE, THE FORCES THAT GENERATE CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CRIME, THE SUBCULTURE OF VIOLENCE AND STUDENT VIOLENCE.